The Female Brain Relating to Chess (kinda)

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pdela

okk, what point?

trysts

I've made all the effort I'm going to, to prove my point.

PrawnEatsPrawn
trysts wrote:

I've made all the effort I'm going to, to prove my point.


Point taken.

trysts

I just sent a letter to the "Common Knowledge Society", requesting to know how many atoms I have in my back yard. Eagerly waiting for a responseSmile

zankfrappa

The whole concept of multitasking is somewhat of a myth.

When someone does more than one task at once both tasks are performed
at a lesser skill rate in most cases.

I was a waiter and bartender throughout college and I didn't notice any difference
between male or female skills.  Some men were good servers and some females
were good servers.

pdela

Bobby Fischer was not born and raised in the USA?

rubygabbi

Seems to me that Paul Morphy, another born and bred American, could easily have been considered the WC.

khpa21
Masturmater_1 wrote:

What I would like to see is someone create a thread (as I did a long time ago) about why people who were born and raised in the USA will never achieve the status of World Chess Champion. It would be interesting to see their reasoning.


It could happen; it'd just require another incomprehensibly rare anomaly, like what Bobby Fischer was.

khpa21

Not quite as good as RainbowRising's, but I like it. Which troll is being fed?

pdela

hahaha

pdela

That troll shape is very rude

khpa21

lol that picture may get censored. Is that the troll's sack where that lump of hair is?

pdela

I'm going to save the image just in case.

RC_Woods

Let's look at it from another angle.

I think there are mental differences between men and women, just as there are physical differences.

Given the large influence of culture, it is hard to determine the exact size or form of any natural, genetic difference. 

Even genetic differences are bound to be on an 'on average' basis. 

Still, I think there are pretty large differences between men and women, and I'm completely unconvinced that all of that would be a matter of culture.

If the on average difference includes multitasking as a more feminine skill, I'm not sure. The lack of scientific evidence may be sign that common knowledge is very unreliable. It may also be that individual people perceive the fact as common sense, seeing their personal experiences. In this particular case I'm not sure I can agree with that, but like kupov, I wouldn't rule it out.

There are common differences between men and women though, and I'm slightly annoyed by people denying this because they happen to be off average.

While anyone may point out that individual differences can exceed any 'on average' differences between gender (of course) I think that doesn't mean the overwhelmingly obvious fact that there are on average differences becomes invalid.

zankfrappa

I believe cheater_1 did actually write a thread about another American winning
the World Chess Championship.

zankfrappa

     Another American will win the World Championship, as it is just a matter of time.  I don't know what this odd theory is that Americans aren't hard-working, as most of us have worked 2-3 jobs at once and attended college and so forth.  There
are many other countries with shorter work weeks and weaker work ethics.
     There have only been a couple of dozen or so World Champions in chess
history, so these geniuses are a rare breed indeed.
     Also, Americans still produces far and away the most patents and inventions
and is still the leader in computers and technology so I don't think we have
exactly reverted to being cavemen.

ivandh

There has never been a black WC either. Does that mean that people of African descent are predisposed to suck at chess? Of course not.

Looking at historical records is much like looking at statistical averages and medians. They provide a vague picture of a general trend.

Conflagration_Planet
ivandh wrote:

There has never been a black WC either. Does that mean that people of African descent are predisposed to suck at chess? Of course not.

Looking at historical records is much like looking at statistical averages and medians. They provide a vague picture of a general trend.


 I agree.

zankfrappa

By the way, sadly we Americans also get the least vacation time of any
country, so not only do we work hard we don't get a yearly "Holiday" that
many European countries enjoy.

pdela

Europe!!

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