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Typical article that makes me shake my head thinking "why on earth is this paper highlighting female vs male".

• Omniusaspirer 12y ago
  I presume because it's an MIT alumna and without separating male/female it doesn't sound as impressive. She's won 10 games thus far, compared to Ken Jennings who won 74 straight. It's all about the presentation in most articles.
  • leeoniya 12y ago
    Ken Jennings is a major outlier though, even among men [1]. [1] http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/17/4121297/julia-collins-continues-her-jeopardy.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/05/17/4121297/julia-collins-...
    • Omniusaspirer 12y ago
      Oh, believe me I'm in no way trying to detract from her success. She'd undoubtedly run laps around me and probably everyone I've ever personally known. I only meant to provide a possible rational for the question asked.
• VeejayRampay 12y ago
  DISCLAIMER: I am a first-world white man, not a gender-equality theoretician. Furthermore, the following is not even my opinion, just speculation. It's also possible that the article is a way to put female success in an apparently (if the list of best all-time performers is any indication) male-dominated "field" under the spotlight, which can be a way to motivate other female contestants or young girls to appropriate those types of competitions (or any other remotely related field). I'm not even sure they do need that in the first place, but it's always a process of chicken and egg where seeing someone you can more easily relate to succeed in some domain makes you more likely to realize that there's no reason you couldn't have a stab at it yourself. So I don't know if that makes sense, but yeah, the female angle might be just a way to get the thing going.
• iterationx 12y ago
  Rewrite the title then. See how link baity you can make it without using the word "winning-est"