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[-] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 23 points 4 months ago

Quillette, Claire Lehmann’s longform magazine focused on science and cultural critique and the home of, among other things, the best-researched article I know of on gender differences in chess

[-] BigMuffin69@awful.systems 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

my honest reacton:

Edit: Judit Polgár for ref if anyone wants to learn about one of the greatest of all times. Her dad claimed he was doing a nature/nurture experiment in order to prove that anyone could be great if they were trained to master a skill from a young age, so taught his 3 daughters chess. Judit achieved the rank of number 8 in the world OVERALL and beat multiple WC including Kasparov over her career.

idk its almost like if more girls were encouraged to play chess and felt welcome in the community these apparent skill differences might disappear

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 16 points 4 months ago

Judit Polgár

Sadly, I know where this goes, they will just point out she is Jewish and point to that. (I think SSC even did that).

[-] rationalistmormons@awful.systems 15 points 4 months ago

Indeed. He did a post entirely about the family being Ashkenazi Jews. You're never going to guess the premise of the post!

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 11 points 4 months ago

Was it about how feminism is bad.

No wait sorry, I'm misrepresenting his position.

Was it about how only 30% of feminists are sane and the rest are insane?

[-] Evinceo@awful.systems 10 points 4 months ago

Or at least not provably not insane.

[-] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago

Yes thanks, didn't want to dreg up the full quote.

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