# Quote — Jack Mcdevitt, Chindi

> There’d been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate.

- Author: [Jack Mcdevitt](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt.md)
- Book: [Chindi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi.md)
- Page: 335
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jack_McDevitt#Chindi_(2002)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/thered-been-studies

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> “Organized mayhem,” Nick commented, “seems to be the chief preoccupation of intelligent species everywhere.”

p. 432 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/organized-mayhem-nick.md)

> “One should always be skeptical. That’s always been our problem. We have too many believers.”
>
> “Believers in what?”
>
> “In everything.”

p. 72 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/one-should-always.md)

> What would happen is that people like Geroge and Alyx would grow old and die chasing a dream. Although there were probably worse things to do with one’s life.

p. 165 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jack-mcdevitt/chindi/what-would-happen.md)