Are men better at directions, remembering drives, and what not

[MikeMike]

Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

 

[Dumac]

It is because the penis acts as a compass, always pointing north.



At least mine does.

 

[Titan]

Hey, I am great with never getting lost like that. You have just provided me additional proof that I am male. Other than my penis. And dislike of Brad Pitt.

 

[darkxshade]

Men don't need directions... the only reason we get lost is because of that distracting banshee sitting in the passenger seat that keeps screeching at us to ask for directions.

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

What does any of that stuff have to do with evolution?

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: BZeto

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

What does any of that stuff have to do with evolution?

Those men who couldn't innately find their way back to the cave died off. Ergo, evolution.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

yep. That's it.

 

[nublikescake]

Yes. HELL YES!!!!!!!

 

[Gabornski]

what happens when you are facing south?

 

[Baked]

Let me just say GPS is for pussies. That's all.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: BZeto

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

What does any of that stuff have to do with evolution?

Well if you think about the roles of men and women in our hunter gatherer days, men that were good at spatial relations, estimating speeds and distances etc would likely be better hunters than those lacking those skills. By the same token women dealing with infants that are good at empathy and communication skills would likely be more successful at raising children to pass on those traits. All I know is that for some reason it is not PC to talk about any biological difference to explain the differences between men and women's seeming different abilities and interests, just ask Larry Summers.

 

[darkxshade]

Originally posted by: Gabornski
what happens when you are facing south?

drive in reverse... duh!

 

[Crono]

I have horrible visual memory (if my brain had a video card it would be only 16MB) and suck at remembering directions.
I can use a map fine, but can't remember directions to get to different places too well.
Good thing GPS and maps exist

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: Gabornski
what happens when you are facing south?

Delicious fun happens, that's what.

...

Anyway, in all honesty I think EQ made me awesome at directions. Drawing all those maps and imagining the zones in my head as a kid really makes it easy to imagine towns in my head from an aerial view now.

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

This is correct. Women only had to get around in the cave and prepare for her man. Then fire was discovered and things changed.

 

[ScottyB]

Originally posted by: Lanyap

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
Of evolution... men would go out and hunt back in the day and have to remember how to get back and forth without the use of gps, maps, etc... just a compass and what not... but women did not, thusly men evolved to have a better sense of direction, better navigating skills, etc...

true?

This is correct. Women only had to get around in the cave and prepare for her man. Then fire was discovered and things changed.

Silly women and their big, well-used caves.

 

[moshquerade]

*hugs my tomtom*

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
*hugs melty's tomtom*

that'sssss righhht

 

[HardcoreRobot]

many many more generations of using and developing that part of brain

some real darwin consequences back in the day if lacking those skills for men (not for women tho)

 

[frostedflakes]

I could swear I've seen this thread before... talk about deja vu.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: moshquerade
*hugs melty's tomtom*

that'sssss righhht

little frisky this pm, eh?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: frostedflakes
I could swear I've seen this thread before... talk about deja vu.

you have been here long enough for this phenomena to happen. all threads will be repeated over and over at periodic lengths of time, rinse, repeat.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: moshquerade
*hugs melty's tomtom*

that'sssss righhht

little frisky this pm, eh?

if by "little frisky" you mean hornier than a 10-peckered owl, then yes. i'm about ready to harpoon a whale just as a slump buster!

 

[PricklyPete]

My wife is hands down better at having a "sense" of where we are. On the other hand, I am much better at "connecting the dots". Once I get an idea of a city layout and main streets...I seem to know exactly where we are all the time. But on those time where both of us are completely clueless (like in a foreign country), her intuition/sense of direction is MUCH better than mine.

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: Baked
Let me just say GPS is for pussies. That's all.

<borat>Does this have pussy magnet?"</borat>