8th July 2008, 8:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 8th July 2008, 9:32 PM by A Black Falcon.)
This is far from new, but I just came across it.
Odd concept...
The idea:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/magazi...82&ei=5070
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/magazi...9a&ei=5070
Application:
http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php
Tried on this post (choosing a long one of mine at random):
http://www.tcforums.com/forums/showpost....ostcount=2
Results (full post): 3743 male/ 2498 female, thinks the author is male.
Results (just the two long quotes): 2601 male, 1511 female, thinks author is male.
Results (just the new unquoted part at the bottom): 961 male, 849 female, thinks the author is male.
Interesting? I'm not sure, the thesis seems pretty questionable. Sure in some cases gender may seem obvious, but there's no way this would work as well as they suggest... it's going to be wrong quite a bit, I'm sure.
Odd concept...
The idea:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/magazi...82&ei=5070
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/10/magazi...9a&ei=5070
Application:
http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php
Tried on this post (choosing a long one of mine at random):
http://www.tcforums.com/forums/showpost....ostcount=2
Results (full post): 3743 male/ 2498 female, thinks the author is male.
Results (just the two long quotes): 2601 male, 1511 female, thinks author is male.
Results (just the new unquoted part at the bottom): 961 male, 849 female, thinks the author is male.
Interesting? I'm not sure, the thesis seems pretty questionable. Sure in some cases gender may seem obvious, but there's no way this would work as well as they suggest... it's going to be wrong quite a bit, I'm sure.
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