Recent study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal that looked at the difference between the sexes when it came to idiotic behavior found men to be much more likely to engage in risk-seeking behavior and be admitted to A&E as a result according to Researchers from the north-east of England.
But in an effort to explore “male idiot theory” (MIT), they examined the verified winners of the Darwin Awards, given to people who die in particularly, sometimes spectacularly, stupid ways and do humanity a favor by removing themselves from the gene pool.
One particularly deserving winner was a would-be terrorist who opened his own letter bomb after it was returned to him when he didn’t buy enough stamps.
In the below graph, line H0 indicates expected percentages under the null hypothesis that males and females are equally idiotic.
The researchers said they believed MIT deserved further investigation, and “with the festive season upon us, we intend to follow up with observational field studies and an experimental study - males and females, with and without alcohol - in a semi-naturalistic Christmas party setting”.
But in an effort to explore “male idiot theory” (MIT), they examined the verified winners of the Darwin Awards, given to people who die in particularly, sometimes spectacularly, stupid ways and do humanity a favor by removing themselves from the gene pool.
One particularly deserving winner was a would-be terrorist who opened his own letter bomb after it was returned to him when he didn’t buy enough stamps.
'According to MIT many of the differences in risk seeking behaviour, emergency department admissions, and mortality may be explained by the observation that men are idiots and idiots do stupid things.Since 1995 there have been 332 verified Darwin Award winners but 14 had to be removed for involving couples (usually misguidedly-amorous ones), leaving 282 men and 36 women.
There are anecdotal data supporting MIT, but to date there has been no systematic analysis of sex differences in idiotic risk taking behavior.'
In the below graph, line H0 indicates expected percentages under the null hypothesis that males and females are equally idiotic.
The researchers said they believed MIT deserved further investigation, and “with the festive season upon us, we intend to follow up with observational field studies and an experimental study - males and females, with and without alcohol - in a semi-naturalistic Christmas party setting”.
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