None of those statements you just quoted refute what I said. The articles are proving the different "wiring" in the male and female brain.
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Originally Posted by SA
Currently, scientists can't quantify how much an individual has male- or female-like patterns of brain connectivity.
Why would I care what an individual person has? It's going to vary from person to person, and that's why not every male thinks the same way and not every female thinks the same way. We are talking about a large population here, not a specific individual.
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Originally Posted by Forbes
An additional caveat — this study has also come under fire by statisticians who looked at the numbers and agree that while the results do show a difference between the number of cross-hemisphere connections between male and female brains, the outcomes are not as substantial as originally interpreted. Indeed, when reanalyzed, one of the striking outcomes of this study seems to be how much overlap exists between neural connections in female and male brains.
How substantial was it as originally interpreted? How much difference is there really? And even if it is quantifiable, how do we know how big of a difference it will make?
Just because there is a lot of overlap, doesn't mean there aren't big differences. The DNA between chimps and humans is somewhere between 95-98% the same. We have similarities, but there are also a lot of differences.
All that being said, these articles still fail to address the huge issue of hormones. That alone could be the difference between how women and men think and behave. There's a lot more research to be done, clearly, but it seems the evidence is leaning towards a difference. Then you can throw in tons of damning anecdotal evidence. I still stand by my original point in strongly disagreeing with kaby. When it comes to daily life, I don't really think it is that close. When it comes to dating and relationships, then yes, I think emotions can consume some people, and the gap narrows. There are just too many stupid people who can't think logically and really can only think emotionally. I think if you took an intelligent man and intelligent woman, the gap will still be obvious. If you took a stupid man and woman, there probably isn't much gap, if any, as they are probably going to be mostly emotional people in relationships and daily life.