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See the figure on page four and the subsequent laundry list of individual traits.
by thebooktocome 9y ago
See the figure on page four and the subsequent laundry list of individual traits.
- TeMPOraL 9y agoWhat about it? The figure literally says "this is bad and I don't endorse that". And if that's not enough, the paragraph that the figure is used to support says: "Note, I’m not saying that all men differ from all women in the following ways or that these differences are “just.” I’m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes and that these differences may explain why we don’t see equal representation of women in tech and leadership. Many of these differences are small and there’s significant overlap between men and women, so you can’t say anything about an individual given these population level distributions." If someone says "I explicitly don't claim X", you can't then go and say they're claiming X.
- thebooktocome 9y agoRead your own quote. > Note, I’m not saying that all men differ from all women in the following ways... He does argue that the population means for various traits are different. If two means are different, one is lesser than the other.
- TeMPOraL 9y ago> and "Y implies X" That's what you are asserting, not the author. Isn't that a textbook definition of a straw man?
- sixo 9y agoTwo traits (distributed according to that figure) form a distribution on a plane.