Political compass & Dear Aunt Nettie, am I normal?
Posted by Jaana Wessman
Took the political compass test. No big surprises there.
Today at a seminar:
Primary advisor: “Jaana, do you notice something weird?”
Me, frantically looking around so I can prove my sharpness: “Huh?” (I never notice anything.)
Advisor: “Isn’t the gender distribution kind of strange?”
Me, looking around and realizing I am the only female among the about 20 people present: “Oh! No, I honestly did not notice.” (I honestly did not.)
Advisor: “It’s getting quite bad again.”
Me: “Yes, I guess it’s kind of sad.”
It would be intriguing to know if I had noticed the weird distribution if I had not known practically all of the people present - if I had thought of them as random samples of scientists, instead of the persons present.
I am sure there are demographics for which there was not even one exception present too. Ethnicity, I think at least. I cannot think of one that is as represented in general Finnish population as females are, though.
Incidentally, read FSP.
