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Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This Course

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Resurfaced independently across 2 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2016–2019
peak thread · 58 comments
62 pts
latest 20+ return · 2019-04-09
45 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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Can any deep learning experts answer a related question I have? What's the state of the art in recognising rotated 3d objects? I know that deep learning systems can recognise, e.g., different animal toys held in the hand, at different distances from the camera. How about shapes which are rotated? (I assume shapes rotated with the same face showing the camera are fairly trivial to recognise, I mean the other two rotations - 'pitch' and 'yaw'). I have a hunch…

IsaacL·62-point thread·

I don't understand this obsession with attempting to force the idea that men and women are/should be interchangeable. Isn't there something interesting about us being different? I know it's a different issue, but this is one of the reasons I think it will be a shame if we have mass immigration and no borders - the rich differences between us will dissolve into one globalised, corporatised, undifferentiable and utterly debased culture. If (as lots of politicians proclaim vociferously and in…

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
109

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
112

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2016-01-29Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This Courseranit20
2016-02-02Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This CourseFirst breakout · Best threaddnetesn6258
2019-04-09A course that has brought women even with men on a spatial cognition test (2016)Latest 20+ point returnhoward9414554