"People who actually know stuff." Do they even exist?
Why are there so less female chess-players?
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do intelligent people who argue exist ?
"I know only one thing, and that is that I know nothing"
- Socrates
he got locked up!! lol
Foolish to over-analyse ''why?'' anything. Some things are too complex to simplify.
Exactly. There is more than necessary ''why women such & such'' forums on chess.com started by men.
how about .....
"the ratio of women chessplayers to women is about right, while the ratio of dude chessers to dudes is also about right" ?
I have to psych myself up before a game jus to make sure i can play competitively, but I play 99% men and have a winning record. it takes getting used to, some said i was too "kind" to play chess, but when I started thinking "kill" my game went up a notch...
see!!! i knew the OP was onto something!!
Answer to the OP question: No, chess is considered by many to be a game (or sport) for the mind. It can be aggressive, but it doesn't have to be.
those sports require zero intelligence. we're talking "chatbox incidents", getting "owned", cruelly queening all remaining pawns instead of going for mate, getting "stared down" otb, to mention just a few of the nasty habits of the dudes.
CalamityChristie wrote:
those sports require zero intelligence.
Boxing has been called the sweet science for years.
AlCzervik wrote:
CalamityChristie wrote:
those sports require zero intelligence.
Boxing has been called the sweet science for years.
baby Koalas are sweet,
The whale type doesn't seem to go well with anything.
DrSpudnik wrote:
Especially in barbecue sauce!
nein nein nein, doc!
nein!!
boxing kangaroos!
i stand corrected!! could they learn chess as good as chimps ?
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epoqueepique wrote:
I believe in the social pressures Vulpes pointed to in his really interesting posts about autistic people's independance (is that the word, I don't think so). The question about women and chess is fascinating, and women who play wonder about it all the time because it can make them feel guilty. I work, I have a family, a child, but I need to play chess. My upbringing was, I think, quite different from others girls'. I was taught that being "mental" and "critical" was good and useful. Most girls aren't taught that, and actually are often made fun of for being mental and critical. The pressure is heavy, and that criticism comes from men as well as from women.
I think that your comment is very useful.
This may well explain why so many arguments are filled with nonsense, name calling and non-sequiturs.
Yeah. I say we leave the arguing to the more intelligent people who actually know stuff.