Author: Joe McCarron
Date: 17:29:42 04/23/98
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On April 21, 1998 at 13:28:02, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 20, 1998 at 21:34:09, Joe McCarron wrote: > >>On April 20, 1998 at 02:29:05, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On April 20, 1998 at 01:43:08, Georg Langrath wrote: >>> >>>>It was really answers on my message about my wondering why there are so >>>>few women interested in computerchess. However I really will emphasize >>>>that I never think it depends on that men are more clever. I myself feel >>>>kind of stupid when I measure how many seconds it takes for my different >>>>chessprograms to solve a mate for example. For this and similar problems >>>>I can spend hours and hours. And honestly I seldom play real chess on >>>>all my chesscomputers nowadays. When I do this my wife often read books >>>>how to take care of children, religious problems, political books and >>>>fictions etc. She keeps company with our children while I am doing >>>>meaningless experiments with my chessprograms. I am not very proud of my >>>>priority. I sooner feel that it is kind of stupidness in the >>>>y-chromosom. But I have very fun with all my chesscomputers. Thank you >>>>Ed. >>> >>>I suppose it's the secret of the success of humans. >>> >>>One half (approx.) does useful and sensible things. So there can always >>>be another generation. So people don't kill each other too much. >>> >>>The other half does stupid things (I mean really stupid sometimes), but >>>in the end it turns out to be useful too (a kind of miracle). >>> >>>Each half does not really understand what the other half does. So it >>>shouldn't work at all. >>> >>>But each has something special built in the BIOS. A kind of sympathy for >>>the other half. >>> >>>And this is enough to make everything work fine (well, nearly). >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>George that was a funny post :)and Christopher along your lines its >>womens fault men do stupid things! In evolution they sexually >>selectedthe men that would rather tinker around with chess programs than >>do things with a more immediate impact on there lives and society. On >>the otherhand men shoudl take credit for sexually selecting the females >>with the common sense. (George and his wife are a perfect example of how >>this perpetuates itself.) > >I didn't say anything like that. > >You are giving here your opinion. Not mine. > > > Christophe Of course its my opinion. I just thought it some of my comments were along the same lines in so far as survivability ties in with evolution which ties in with sexual selection. (ok maybe the tie in is a bit strained) but of course that there *is* a tie in is only my opinion as well :)
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