Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 09:25:09 04/24/98
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On April 23, 1998 at 20:29:42, Joe McCarron wrote:
>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 :)
Well... Why not...
Christophe
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