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The biology is so radically different. You can't and shouldn't replace "men and women" with "different skin color" as the argument would be changed. Men and wo
by ztratar 9y ago
The biology is so radically different. You can't and shouldn't replace "men and women" with "different skin color" as the argument would be changed.
Men and women DO have different biological make ups, and there are detectable and measurable changes in statistical behavioral at large sample sizes. That's ok.
I don't condone hiring, firing, etc based on this information. And I do think diversity hiring is a good thing, as it pays dividends that go further than pure ability. Ideation is more powerful when diverse viewpoints and backgrounds are present, for example.
I think the author of the memo was wrong, but you can't de-construct his argument like this to subsequently claim an obvious moral authority.
- tiles 9y agoArguing the biological factors make a meaningful difference in engineering feels like arguing for vim or emacs makes for a better engineer, or Windows vs. Mac users, or Chrome vs Firefox. Even if you use a computer differently just considering how broad the field of engineering is, I cannot imagine a case where biological factors are a more likely predictor of success than plain old institutional bias.
- mr_spothawk 9y ago> the biological factors make a meaningful difference in engineering feels like arguing for vim or emacs makes for a better engineer the author wasn't suggesting they make better engineers, just that they make different career choices than pursuing engineering
- y_u_no_rust 9y agoyou make the company look bad you get fired end of story.. it's pretty simple no one was paying this guy for his opinion