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<blockquote data-quote="Son of the Serpent" data-source="post: 7971908" data-attributes="member: 7015476">Athletes and nerds are both more likely than non athletes and non nerds to be d&amp;d players as well as more likely to be examples of eachother all while being minorites in all 6 potential match ups.&nbsp; This is mostly just because they are all minorities in the first place.&nbsp; Totally normal.A similar example of this.&nbsp; A minority of people are autistic.&nbsp; A minority of people are scientists.&nbsp; More scientists are autistic than other professions tend to be autistic and more autistic people are scientists than other similarly sized neurologically distinct populations tend to be.&nbsp; Never the less, a minority of autistic people are scientists and a minority of scientists are autistic.So really there is no contradiction here.&nbsp; Just slightly complicated math.Culturally athletes may act negatively toward d&amp;d players.&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; Is that so different from gay men being far more likely to join the military than straight men and yet culture causes them to not be treated fairly by the average guy in the service?Non acceptance doesnt mean much for how common a group reletive to other groups is inside of a second group.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Son of the Serpent, post: 7971908, member: 7015476"] Athletes and nerds are both more likely than non athletes and non nerds to be d&d players as well as more likely to be examples of eachother all while being minorites in all 6 potential match ups. This is mostly just because they are all minorities in the first place. Totally normal. A similar example of this. A minority of people are autistic. A minority of people are scientists. More scientists are autistic than other professions tend to be autistic and more autistic people are scientists than other similarly sized neurologically distinct populations tend to be. Never the less, a minority of autistic people are scientists and a minority of scientists are autistic. So really there is no contradiction here. Just slightly complicated math. Culturally athletes may act negatively toward d&d players. Sure. Is that so different from gay men being far more likely to join the military than straight men and yet culture causes them to not be treated fairly by the average guy in the service? Non acceptance doesnt mean much for how common a group reletive to other groups is inside of a second group. [/QUOTE]

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