Dude, who even knows.
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On the utility of stereotypes in reasoning
Mary is a crane operator at the container port. Her hobbies include playing darts and following the LPGA tour.
Anna is a kindergarten teacher. Her hobbies include horseback riding and following celebrity fashion.
Of the two, one is a lesbian. Which one?
The tediously correct answer is that you don’t know, nothing I’ve told you conclusively establishes the sexuality of either.
But that is what I have told you, that is what I asked, and come on. If your reasoning process can only yield answers you’ve already been told, it’s not much of a reasoning process, now is it?
But okay, thumbs on the scale there. What if I’d only told you that Anna liked female singer-songwriter folk music and Mary was a fan of Taylor Swift?
(All the best Tayswift thirstblogs are run by women.)
Okay, okay. Make it harder. Keep Mary, throw out Anna.
Heather is a professional activist for gay rights. Her hobbies include blogging against the expectation that women will marry a man and bear his children, and following the portrayal of sexual minorities in popular culture.
Of the two, one will marry a man and bear his children. Which one?
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