Chapter 911 Behind the Scenes


"Extremely...appreciate?"

Kobayashi Yahiko was stunned, then seemed to realize something, and immediately lowered her head and continued to read the current review article:

[*Historical ruling: From "Gender Talent Theory" to Scientific Empirical*]

[When the South Korean delegation filed a complaint for Chinese chess player Rui Zhao winning two gold medals in the men's Go event at the Asian Games, the outside world did not expect the Asian Olympic Council to respond with such a subversive conclusion. 】

[According to Rui Zhao's epic 72 consecutive victories against the top male chess players in the past year - including five victories against Liu Shixian and Lei Qi, the world's top two. 】

[The committee rarely cites statistical models and points out that "from a statistical perspective, Rui Zhao's winning streak record is extremely difficult to explain with 'accidental'." On the premise of confirming that Rui Zhao's own performance record is valid, it is then determined that "women are likely to have significant advantages in the field of fast chess", so Rui Zhao and other female chess players were deprived of their qualification to continue to participate in men's events in the next session. 】

[However, although this ban seems to be a restriction and a blow to the person involved, Rui Zhao, it is actually a meaning that far exceeds the honor of two men's gold medals - including from her latest interview reply, she herself thinks so. 】

[This conclusion breaks the inherent perception of the traditional sports world that "male cannot be at a natural disadvantage in confrontational events". This incident brings significance to the whole world and even exceeds Go itself. 】

[From Wu Qingyuan to Cui Minghao, from Lin Ruixin to Liu Shixian - Like many confrontational events, the Go world has always been monopolized by male chess players for a long time. 】

[But this time the Asian Olympic Council abandoned empiricism and instead used quantitative indicators such as Rui Zhao's amazing winning streak as the core evidence. This scientific spirit is reminiscent of the reform of the Japanese Chess Academy's abolishing the monopoly of aristocratic families and promoting the rank system in 1925. Both of them reshape the industry ecology through institutional innovation. 】

[What is even more commendable is that the committee withstood the question of "political correctness and generalization" and clearly pointed out that "the arbitration results are based on the fact that Rui Zhao's amazing winning streak." 】

[Traditional feminism mostly focuses on gender discrimination in the field of social labor, and the Ruizhao incident expanded the battlefield to the deep waters of intellectual competition. 】

[As a "war without muscle memory", Go should be the purest mental arena, but female chess players have long faced stereotyped evaluations such as "insufficient view of the overall situation" and "lack of endurance in the long-term". 】

[Rui Zhao's winning streak is just a counter-proof: in the fast chess field with error control as the core, women may have unique advantages at the neurobiological level. 】

[*The revelation of "two dark clouds": Can the cognitive paradigm of "outliers" be reconstructed to eliminate cultural bias? *】

[Although the ruling of the Asian-Austrian Council won praise from progressives, doubts remained unceasing. 】

[An opponents quoted the fact that male chess players monopolize all world champions in the history of Go, believing that Rui Zhao is just a "outlier" in statistics and is not representative. 】

[But looking back at history, similar doubts appeared when Wu Qingyuan swept the Japanese chess world ("Chinese people cannot be proficient in Go's Taoism"), and also when Wen Baoxuan and Choi Minghao rose ("South Korean Go lacks cultural thickness"). 】

[The progress of civilization often begins with tolerance of "outliers". The "individual theory" repeatedly emphasized by doubters just exposes the logical fragility of the traditional theory of gender talent. 】

[When men dominate 99.9% of the adversarial movement, this phenomenon is attributed to the "inevitability of physiological structure"; while when Rui Zhao breaks the law, he must be questioned by "statistical contingency". 】

[Behind this double standard is actually the cognitive laziness that defaults to the existing order as the truth. Just as Lord Kelvin was overconfident in classical physics in 1900—at that time he claimed that the physics building had been completed, only "two dark clouds" (boldbody radiation and ether drift) remained to be resolved. 】

[History finally proved that it was this abnormal "two dark clouds" that gave birth to relativity and quantum mechanics, which completely reconstructed human understanding of the universe. 】

[Rui Zhao's 72 consecutive victories (and still continue) are similar to the Go world's experiments in classical physics. 】

[When the male chess player group was unable to end this miraculous winning streak for a long time, the traditional interpretation system fell into a dilemma similar to "Etherism": either admitting that there are major loopholes in the existing theory of gender talent, or depreciating her existence to "the 72 consecutive six points that appeared when God rolled the dice." 】

[But the beginning of all paradigm shifts in the history of science begins with the courage to use accidental removal of outliers. The ridicule that Japanese physicists encountered when proposing meson theory and the thousand failures experienced by Chinese biologists before discovering artemisinin all confirm the historical law that "subversive truths are often disguised as statistical noise." 】

【*Conclusion*】

[On the Go board, the game between black and white never stopped; and the cognitive revolution about intelligence and gender may have just begun. 】

[The ruling of the Asia-Austria Council is not so much a compliment to a chess player, but rather a challenge to the limitations of human cognition. 】

[When society dares to use data to break prejudice and replace conjectures with evidence, Rui Zhao's 72 consecutive victories are no longer just numbers in the chess record, but become a milestone in the history of gender equality. 】

[Those conservatives who regard her as an "outlier" may not have realized that this shadow is the last dusk of the old order; and the new horizon it nurtured will eventually shine on the world with more magnificent wisdom. 】

...

“This…

"The Politician" stands on the side of the Asian Olympic Council with a very clear position!"

Kobayashi narrowed her eyes and pondered for a while, then looked at her deputy thoughtfully:

"Didn't this incident cause a lot of trouble in Europe and the United States?"

"Who said it wasn't!

"After all, this conclusion is sensitive and eye-catching." Tadao Sato immediately explained to his chairman:

"The issue of gender equality has always been the focus of debate in Europe and the United States.

"In the past, many project areas have shouted many slogans similar to 'women', but those are often based on political correctness and have no explosive factual basis.

"Europeans and Americans have long been irritated about this slogan-like statement - supporters are limited in enthusiasm, and opponents are even more lazy to object, just like 'you say it's right, right'. Even though Rui Zhao's previous gold medal in men's event caused a lot of sensation, it was just a burst of popularity.

"But this time, the official arbitration conclusion that 'women are likely to be more talented than men in confrontational projects' is too shocking for Europeans and Americans!

"Now media and netizens from all over the world are quarreling about this matter!

"The liberals spare no effort to promote this matter and use it to stumble on conservatives.

"The conservatives immediately faced each other, but they always felt that 'political correctness is a fancy, and they are not tenable in absolute facts' this time, but this time they were a little numb - at least three times the longest winning streak record of a man and has not ended so far, which is indeed too outrageous from a statistical point of view!

"But the conservatives will never let it go! Therefore, the two online media and netizens repeatedly argued over Rui Zhao's performance rationality and value. Celebrities from all walks of life came to the stage and even began to understand the rules and competitive system of Go in order to find evidence that would be beneficial to them!

"I heard that in just half a day, a group of people already knew about Gao Yang's second throne!"

“…is it?!

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"No wonder "Political Scientist" wants to put the high hat of "the peak of human intelligence" on us. It really has a different idea!"

Hearing that a certain "urban legend in the chess world" had already become famous in Europe and the United States, Yahiko Kobayashi couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"This time I really didn't expect that we have been promoting Go for so long but haven't made Go develop in Europe and the United States. But now it has caused such a big shock.

"Although I have always hated the crazy spirit of South Koreans, in a sense, this report from South Korea did a good thing!"

"In a sense, right..."

Tadao Sato's expression was also a bit amused and wailed:

"It's a pity... Uesaka cannot participate in the men's competition in the next Asian Games!

"She has made great progress recently, and we all think that she might start carrying the burden in the next session, but how could she do this..."

"The men's competition cannot be participated in, and it is still possible to have unlimited competitions."

"Unlimited?"

Tadao Sato was a little surprised for a moment, and Kobayashi Yahiko took the official letter from Huaxia that had just faxed him yesterday:

"Huaxia is a great country! It is absolutely impossible to swallow your anger when you lose face.

"Chairman Shang has sent us and the Taiwan Strait last night, intending to jointly apply to change the two men's events in the next Kata Asian Games to unlimited events on the grounds of "promoting the overall level of women's Go to the top more". The purpose is self-evident.

"And I heard what Shang Chaotian said, China also attaches great importance to this matter.

"As long as we help the station, we will basically succeed."

"Ah?!"

Hearing this, Sato was stunned for a while, and finally reacted, he asked:

"Uh...will this kind of slap the Asian Olympic Council in the face?

"After all, if you want to do this, you will change the soup and not the medicine at all!"

"No."

Kobayashi Yahiko smiled and said:

"For those in the Asia-Austria Council who have vigorously promoted such an arbitration result this time, this arbitration conclusion itself is far more important than the actual impact on the competition system, so naturally it is not necessary to fight against China to the end.

"I even think that in order to appease China, the Asia-Austria Council will do its best to meet the subsequent requirements of China."

Hearing the chairman's statement, Tadao Sato was stunned again, and then asked hesitantly:

"You mean, the result of this arbitration...

"Is it someone in the Asia-Australia Council deliberately promoted it?!" (This chapter ends)

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