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Who decides which scientific ideas are too "controversial" for a person to express without losing their job? Or is it just something CEOs decide on a case-by-ca
by stupidcar 9y ago
Who decides which scientific ideas are too "controversial" for a person to express without losing their job? Or is it just something CEOs decide on a case-by-case basis after considering the degree of media outcry and misrepresentation involved?
- throwawayjava 9y ago> Or is it just something CEOs decide on a case-by-case basis after considering the degree of media outcry and misrepresentation involved? Welcome to at-will employment without organized labor. It has always been this way and always will be, a few nice and/or complacent CEOs not withstanding.
- virtuabhi 9y ago> Who decides which scientific ideas are... First who decides that the ideas are scientific? Quoting poor quality research (psychology professor publishing neuroscience papers in third-grade locations) and forming causal relationships on a whim (testosterone increases attention span, therefore it is required for programming) are not part of scientific research. In this specifc case many of the "scientific ideas" came from alt-right sources. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-damore-google-memo-youtube-white-men-radicalization https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-dam...