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Four days later:
Perhaps not incompatible claims, if the difference in men's and women's brains is small but significant. 'Nearly identical' is the point where the claims could be incompatible.
[1] http://lesswrong.com/lw/d1j/seqrerunthepsychologicalunityofhumankind/
[2] http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/d54/seqreruntheoppositesex/
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The first quote you mention is the summary I wrote of "The Psychological Unity of Humankind". The full post contains this section:
For example, this likely explains the female orgasm.
More or less "the same" will depend on the metric you're using. Very much identical compared to a chicken's brain. Easily distinguished population averages by sexual behavior.