You will find that the psychological and neurological sciences often
attempt to find causual answers *and will hold up shaky evidence as
the truth when it supports causual theories* over normative ones.
Why are females paid less in work? It is proven that, at school,
they out-perform males in tests. Yet their superiority here does not
cross over into being valued and paid equally at work.

It is because of the way society still operates along gender lines.
One does not need to pretend we understand the brain.

The same may well be true of chess. We could be eager to point to
an apparent male deficiency at abstract mind games as caused by a
difference in brain structure, if only to wildly scramble back
legitimacy for our long-held assumption that they were naturally
inferior.
Get more women in chess and, hey, maybe they'll kick our asses, just
like they're doing in schools.


Tom