taw comments on Of Gender and Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taryneast 21 March 2011 11:57:51AM *  5 points [-]

Taw - the women also got half of their genes from the men who won those games. How does this affect the way that men behave, but not women?

I am aware of research (eg the visual wall stuff) that male babies are more likely to take risks than female babies... but I'm not sure that your example gives the whole picture.

Can you expand on it a bit?

Comment author: taw 21 March 2011 05:51:36PM 5 points [-]

Genes can easily act differently based on gender, and do it all the time, there's nothing remotely surprisingly about it.