Academic psychologists are mostly female. That would seem to be a pretty good target audience for LW. There are a few other academic areas that are mostly female now, but keep in mind that many academic fields are still mostly male even though most new undergraduates are female in the area.
There are lists online of academic specialty by average GRE scores. Averaging the verbal and quantitative scores, and then determining which majority-female discipline has the highest average would probably get you close to your answer.
but keep in mind that many academic fields are still mostly male even though most new undergraduates are female in the area
Well, keep in mind that 75% of LWers are under 31 anyway, so it’s the sex ratio among the younger cohorts you mainly care about, not the sex ratio overall.
But it isn’t the undergrads you’re looking for if you want the “smartest mostly female group.” Undergrads are less bright on average than advanced degree holders due to various selection effects.
I think we are aiming for “females who can become rationalists” which means that expected smarts are more valuable then real smarts, in particular if the real ones were obtained through decades (implying the person will then be less flexible, since older).
Academic psychologists are mostly female. That would seem to be a pretty good target audience for LW. There are a few other academic areas that are mostly female now, but keep in mind that many academic fields are still mostly male even though most new undergraduates are female in the area.
There are lists online of academic specialty by average GRE scores. Averaging the verbal and quantitative scores, and then determining which majority-female discipline has the highest average would probably get you close to your answer.
Well, keep in mind that 75% of LWers are under 31 anyway, so it’s the sex ratio among the younger cohorts you mainly care about, not the sex ratio overall.
But it isn’t the undergrads you’re looking for if you want the “smartest mostly female group.” Undergrads are less bright on average than advanced degree holders due to various selection effects.
I think we are aiming for “females who can become rationalists” which means that expected smarts are more valuable then real smarts, in particular if the real ones were obtained through decades (implying the person will then be less flexible, since older).
IME, among post-docs there might not be as many females as among freshers, but there definitely are more than among tenured professors.