WOMEN HAVE SMALLER BRAINS HURRR DURRR HURR GO TEAM ALPHA MALE!

in all seriousness, what does this prove? other than the fact that the sex with the smaller anatomy has smaller organs also?

Besides from what I've read from various articles and various documentaries, smaller brains tend to have a higher brain density, which is more favourable. But then all of my evidence is probably anecdotal evidence but that article doesn't really give any evidence at all.

I didn't realize it was supposed to PROVE anything. Theres nothing to be upset about. We've known about this for a long time. Nobody is deeming women useless because of this.

We still need them to grow the children.. Atleast for now.. ;)

Smaller brain = less surface area = more heat build up = tending toward explosions.

And that's the scientific reason that women like to argue. It's all the heat trying to escape through the argument lobe.

But since I've never even actually seen a woman, I can't verify the validity of that statement.

I'm just annoyed at how many other articles that are exactly the same are floating about, with no actual research presented just a simple 'yeah uhh girls have smaller brains' and of course more infuriating to me, the representation of video games in this series of articles.

But it's the same old same old, a news site needs a story but can't be bothered to put time and effort into it so they just but a picture and say 'the reasons why boys are failing, it's because of female teachers! because boys don't like to learn and other boys bully them because of learning! video games cause addiction!' I challenge you to find an article in this series where they've backed up their evidence with a source, or gotten second and third opinions actually given valid reasons instead of recycling the exact same theme 3 times bringing brain size into account and using a scapegoat.

Yes, I agree. One should not rely upon journalists to disclose scientific research. They are rubbish. Not only at IT but in general. Atleast, here in Norway they are. It is impossible to find good, mainstreem journalism here.

I couldn't agree with this statement more. The constant need for hype and hysteria in mainstream journalism is completely at odds with the way science works.

Regarding brain size: Apparently Neanderthals had larger brains than humans, and blue whales have massive brains compared to us. So, the relationship between brain size and intelligence is anything but clear.

Smaller brain does not equal lesser intelligence. Quite the contrary; smaller is faster, more efficient, and can afford greater complexity over lesser scales. Just look at microprocessors.

As far as I'm concerned, females are at least our equals, and in certain areas, they could very well be our superiors. Besides, everyone is a female in the earliest stages of embryonic development. The genetic difference between the two genders are much lesser than some people tend to think.

Small, but O-HO!

Those who are having size complexes, take that.

This makes me curious-how many in the GOG community are girls, generally?

I think most of them are girls permenantly actually.

It's hard to be sure, but I think it's either in single figures or the very low tens.

Intelligence isn't reflected by brain mass.

Think CPU, its size and all that it can do.

Actually, the more technology advances, the smaller things get.

Well, i can't imagine anyone has SERIOUSLY suggested that the women are dumber then men, and that this is due to them having a smaller brain..? :P

Yeah, I know, I'm just taking some of the razz out of it. XD

I can't blame you, it goes both ways. It's unusual to see women gripe about studies that favor them. It doesn't happen as often where it favors men, so it's hard for me to gauge if that's just a general reaction that people have or if it's something that women are more inclined to.

But, I frequently see studies being touted where it's clear that the person hasn't any clue as to how the numbers were derived or that it's complete bunk. For instance, despite popular belief women are over compensated in the US when it comes to work, not under compensated, the conclusion was made based upon one dimension of compensation and when you actually account for more factors the results don't look at all bad for women.

But men in the US have been beaten down for so long that at this point women can pretty much get away with whatever they like.

An elephant's brain is huge. Those bastards must be running the world from behind the scenes.