And we'll have titles like
Lichess Master
Lichess International Master
Lichess Grandmaster...
Lichess Master
Lichess International Master
Lichess Grandmaster...
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You can't say he hates women, but his sexist remarks are insistently stupid. It's too easy to label any difference as "genetic". He says the male brain is much better for chess and mentions the male dominance in chess as proof, but that doesn't prove anything, because we don't control all the variables related to interest and persistence in chess, just for example. Most societies still strongly discourage girls in many ways.
Always watch this video before you think about "genetic differences" between men and women:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ihNLEDiuM
You can't say he hates women, but his sexist remarks are insistently stupid. It's too easy to label any difference as "genetic". He says the male brain is much better for chess and mentions the male dominance in chess as proof, but that doesn't prove anything, because we don't control all the variables related to interest and persistence in chess, just for example. Most societies still strongly discourage girls in many ways.
Always watch this video before you think about "genetic differences" between men and women:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7ihNLEDiuM
We'll have our own corruption ...
@Spartako
Why the scare quotes on "genetic differences"? Women have a whole different chromosome from men. They have different organs. We're a sexually dimorphic species. To suggest that women's and men's brains are the same is absurd. And there are decades of psychological research to back that up. It is politiclly unpopular to do such research, or even to talk about such ideas today, but that does not imply that there isn't a consensus in the field that there are brain differences.
However! To say that women's brains are less suited to, e.g., playing chess is similarly absurd. It may be true. It may not. It may even be that women's minds are better suited to chess than men's. The research simply has not been done, but there are clear *social* factors that lead to less female representation in the game. In fact, these factors are fundamentally the same ones that make it politically impossible to do the research.
Why the scare quotes on "genetic differences"? Women have a whole different chromosome from men. They have different organs. We're a sexually dimorphic species. To suggest that women's and men's brains are the same is absurd. And there are decades of psychological research to back that up. It is politiclly unpopular to do such research, or even to talk about such ideas today, but that does not imply that there isn't a consensus in the field that there are brain differences.
However! To say that women's brains are less suited to, e.g., playing chess is similarly absurd. It may be true. It may not. It may even be that women's minds are better suited to chess than men's. The research simply has not been done, but there are clear *social* factors that lead to less female representation in the game. In fact, these factors are fundamentally the same ones that make it politically impossible to do the research.
Maybe he can do what Kasparov couldn't and finally give his life some closure as he slowly dies of alcoholism. Only half-kidding; I have no idea how much he drinks. Thanks for saying that by the way @kandrc !
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