Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This Course
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HN comment orderCan 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…
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
- Total points
- 109
- Total comments
- 112
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-29 | Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This Course | ranit | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-02-02 | Men Are Better at Maps Until Women Take This CourseFirst breakout · Best thread | dnetesn | 62 | 58 |
| 2019-04-09 | A course that has brought women even with men on a spatial cognition test (2016)Latest 20+ point return | howard941 | 45 | 54 |