tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198942534740642384.post6323409207480638933..comments2023-10-24T03:16:41.009-07:00Comments on Econometrics Beat: Dave Giles' Blog: So Much For My Bucket List!Dave Gileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389606956062019445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198942534740642384.post-88705932667608403362011-07-21T08:55:34.858-07:002011-07-21T08:55:34.858-07:00Kailer - Thanks. It sounds pretty darned pertinent...Kailer - Thanks. It sounds pretty darned pertinent to me!<br /><br />DGDave Gileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389606956062019445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2198942534740642384.post-77793485513377152202011-07-21T08:37:34.260-07:002011-07-21T08:37:34.260-07:00I often ask people the following hypothetical from...I often ask people the following hypothetical from a Chuck Klosterman book: Suppose you win a prize, you have the choice of A) A vacation to Europe for a year with a 4000 Euro a month stipend, or B) 15 minutes on the moon.<br /><br />I've asked this question to around 30 or 40 people. Invariably, women pick Europe and men pick the moon. What is more, none are on the fence, women don't understand why you'd want to go to the moon (Typical response: "it's just a bunch of rocks and nothing"), men can't understand why you wouldn't want to go to the moon, (typical response: "only 12 people have ever been there"). To me it's no contest, the moon all the way.<br /><br />I always thought this was because women hate space and love Europe, but a woman I asked this to had a better insight, she said women like to do things, and men like to have done things. I would say that's the meat of it.<br /><br />I don't know what this has to do with the space program or econometrics, but I thought I'd share it.Kailernoreply@blogger.com