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May 31, 2005
Tierney On Why Men Compete
As usual, a very interesting column from John Tierney.
For a quarter-century, women have outnumbered men at Scrabble clubs and tournaments in America, but a woman has won the national championship only once, and all the world champions have been men. Among the top-ranked 50 players, typically about 45 are men.
Tierney notes the rise of Scrabble "groupies". Will there soon be blogging groupies?
Other Voices:
Mary at Stone Court calls it SocioBioBaloney.
Richard Bradley of the HuffPo says Tierney's suffering from the Gladwell Effect.
If it seems surprising that a column which explicitly endorses evolution is getting slammed by the left-wingers, Echidne has the answer:
I'm a believer in evolution in general because I can see the evidence for it. When it comes to evolutionary psychology I'm a lot more cynical, and the main reason is the near-total absence of clear evidence for the most misogynistic arguments possible. It seems to me that most evo-psychos attempt to explain the status quo as impossible to change and in that sense they all have wingnut (caveman?) axes to hone. Never mind that the society has changed drastically over centuries, evo-psychos always stress its unchanging nature.
I could not find any reactions to this article from the right side of the blogosphere.
Posted by pat at May 31, 2005 07:05 PM