From my own experience, I’ve found myself to be less INNATELY CURIOUS than many of my male counterparts. Once I get onto a topic, I can puzzle over it for hours at a high level, but if the topic is not in front of me, my brain can be content to space out and think trivial things. Once I realized this was the case, I started to actively work to be more curious and to think more. When I’m sitting around spacing out, I will actually tell myself that I should start thinking about a problem. My brain does not do this automatically.
Fascinating. I can somewhat emphasise with that having as I do the exact reverse experience. I haven’t managed to create a habit of telling myself to think about trivial things while spacing out but I have done so with regards to (at least an acceptable fraction of) social encounters. It seems that thinking up trivial things is a distinctly non-trivial task! How ever do you manage it?
I don’t think the atmosphere (meanness) of this site is the problem.
This site is full of cute fluffy puppies.
Enough females are thick-skinned.
I agree and obvserve that projecting the apearance of thin skin is a somewhat more effective gambit for females than males.
Fascinating. I can somewhat emphasise with that having as I do the exact reverse experience. I haven’t managed to create a habit of telling myself to think about trivial things while spacing out but I have done so with regards to (at least an acceptable fraction of) social encounters. It seems that thinking up trivial things is a distinctly non-trivial task! How ever do you manage it?
This site is full of cute fluffy puppies.
I agree and obvserve that projecting the apearance of thin skin is a somewhat more effective gambit for females than males.