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I can tell you this: you might be interested in abstract algebra.

bohm2 Thanks for the links. However, argh, p-values. Those don't tell us a lot. So 3% family incidence of autism for technical majors versus 1% for non-technical, effect size between the two samples assuming Bernoulli distribution for one go, as measured by Cohen's d, when I give the...

Asperger's is about the most hyped thing on the planet. I can't think of much good neuropsychological research that ties autistic traits to creative ability. In fact, it usually imputes the opposite. And ps that goes for math and science, too. The list of mathematicians with a reasonable...

The issue of controlled experimentation can be dealt with in two major ways I can think of. One is agent-based modeling. Here you can create and recreate an environment as many times as you like, with controls. Here's a great example of a very successful agent-based sim (sorry can't post...