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OP claimed most "most men _." She made other claims as well, which I didn't respond to. She claimed "most men __" when she implied most men experien

OP claimed most "most men _______." She made other claims as well, which I didn't respond to. She claimed "most men ________" when she implied most men experience code summer camps, parental encouragement to take AP CS classes, etc. She said "women don't usually get sent to coding summer camp as teenagers. Our parents don't usually encourage us to take AP computer science, and our best friends aren't in CS and don't refer us for sweet internships at Microsoft and Google." Usually means "under normal conditions; generally." Generally means more often than not, meaning over half / most. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/usually https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/usually

calex 10y ago
>OP claimed most "most men _______." I did NOT, you are misquoting me. I claimed (and cited) that OF the people who take AP CS and have the other resources I mentioned, most are men. That is all I claimed and you are all over this thread misinterpreting this. You can check my original comment's edit history. I've changed nothing about what I said and I stand by it 100%.
- this2shallpaas 10y ago
  Maybe you didn't intend to make the claim, but it's a claim you made. I quoted you extensively and characterized your words fairly and in context. Please point out anywhere where that isn't the case. If you claimed that OF the people who take AP CS, most are men, I would do nothing but agree with you. That is the case. You did not make that claim - you instead claimed, via implication, that MOST men do take AP CS (or go to summer coding camps, etc).
  - calex 10y ago
    >Maybe you didn't intend to make the claim, but it's a claim you made ... You did not make that claim You sound like a bad politician here. All I said is that GIRLS don't take AP CS and do not go to coding summer camp. The people who are doing these things are boys. You have terrible reading comprehension and your pedantic citations of dictionaries and incorrect use of set theory belong on /r/iamverysmart
    - Mz 10y ago
      You sound like a bad politician here. .... You have terrible reading comprehension and your pedantic citations of dictionaries and incorrect use of set theory belong on /r/iamverysmart Ad hominems aren't appropriate on HN. It might be better if you took a breather at this point: When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
ethanbond 10y ago
And under what logical system does "women generally don't do ____" imply that "men generally do ____?" At most, it implies that "more men than women generally do ______," which is totally true. Even that implication would be a bit of a leap were it not for parent's later explicit clarifications on the point.
- this2shallpaas 10y ago
  I want to talk to you about two groups - tall people and short people. Usually, short people can't reach items that are on very high shelves. Above, did I imply something about tall people's abilities to reach items on very high shelves? I didn't claim anything about tall people specifically. But I think I did make a claim about their abilities here, by implication, given the context. It's natural to infer the claim - this is just part of how people communicate. The claim is strongly implied - tall people can reach items on very high shelves. I believe OP's clarified claim (of people in AP CS classes, most are men; of people at summer coding camps, most are men; etc), rather than OP's initial claim (most men take AP CS classes; etc). The clarified claim seems accurate. The initial claim is clearly inaccurate - and OP "stand[s] by it 100%".
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  - dominotw 10y ago
    yea exactly. 'Usually people don't fly' is valid statement grammatically but makes no sense.
- sbov 10y ago
  English is an ambiguous language interpreted by flawed humans. It feels like we're dancing around the issue. There's no reason for this line of thought to have continued like it has. "My side" should have made a polite comment, and when rebuffed, thought "they don't think it's a problem," and moved on. "Your side" should have thought "a slight rephrase could increase clarity and address their concerns." Instead we're just pointlessly banging our heads against a wall. As is, both sides of this argument are actually pretty stupid. Mine included.

OP claimed most "most men _______." She made other claims as well, which I didn't respond to. She claimed "most men ________" when she implied most men experien

calex 10y ago

>OP claimed most "most men _______." I did NOT, you are misquoting me. I claimed (and cited) that OF the people who take AP CS and have the other resources I mentioned, most are men. That is all I claimed and you are all over this thread misinterpreting this. You can check my original comment's edit history. I've changed nothing about what I said and I stand by it 100%.

this2shallpaas 10y ago
Maybe you didn't intend to make the claim, but it's a claim you made. I quoted you extensively and characterized your words fairly and in context. Please point out anywhere where that isn't the case. If you claimed that OF the people who take AP CS, most are men, I would do nothing but agree with you. That is the case. You did not make that claim - you instead claimed, via implication, that MOST men do take AP CS (or go to summer coding camps, etc).
- calex 10y ago
  >Maybe you didn't intend to make the claim, but it's a claim you made ... You did not make that claim You sound like a bad politician here. All I said is that GIRLS don't take AP CS and do not go to coding summer camp. The people who are doing these things are boys. You have terrible reading comprehension and your pedantic citations of dictionaries and incorrect use of set theory belong on /r/iamverysmart
  - Mz 10y ago
    You sound like a bad politician here. .... You have terrible reading comprehension and your pedantic citations of dictionaries and incorrect use of set theory belong on /r/iamverysmart Ad hominems aren't appropriate on HN. It might be better if you took a breather at this point: When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ethanbond 10y ago

And under what logical system does "women generally don't do ____" imply that "men generally do ____?" At most, it implies that "more men than women generally do ______," which is totally true. Even that implication would be a bit of a leap were it not for parent's later explicit clarifications on the point.

this2shallpaas 10y ago
I want to talk to you about two groups - tall people and short people. Usually, short people can't reach items that are on very high shelves. Above, did I imply something about tall people's abilities to reach items on very high shelves? I didn't claim anything about tall people specifically. But I think I did make a claim about their abilities here, by implication, given the context. It's natural to infer the claim - this is just part of how people communicate. The claim is strongly implied - tall people can reach items on very high shelves. I believe OP's clarified claim (of people in AP CS classes, most are men; of people at summer coding camps, most are men; etc), rather than OP's initial claim (most men take AP CS classes; etc). The clarified claim seems accurate. The initial claim is clearly inaccurate - and OP "stand[s] by it 100%".
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- dominotw 10y ago
  yea exactly. 'Usually people don't fly' is valid statement grammatically but makes no sense.
sbov 10y ago
English is an ambiguous language interpreted by flawed humans. It feels like we're dancing around the issue. There's no reason for this line of thought to have continued like it has. "My side" should have made a polite comment, and when rebuffed, thought "they don't think it's a problem," and moved on. "Your side" should have thought "a slight rephrase could increase clarity and address their concerns." Instead we're just pointlessly banging our heads against a wall. As is, both sides of this argument are actually pretty stupid. Mine included.