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The people he cited told reporters they disagree with his interpretations of their research. There's a wired article going around with direct quotes but I'm mob

• coldtea 9y ago
  Of course they did. When the press is on a witch hunt, and somebody is made to be the scum of the earth, people want to distance themselves from them. And if they hear what said person said framed as an "anti-diversity manifesto" (as if that was what it was), "sexist" etc, they would obviously say they "disagree with his interpretations of their research".
  • j2kun 9y ago
    So you're questioning the integrity of the scientists Damore cited...to give more credit to his argument. Neat how that works.
    • coldtea 9y ago
      No, I'm mentioning a common reaction during witch hunting / moral panic / etc scenarios. (Plus I don't consider people as solid blocks. One's reaction towards the media is not representative of the integrity of their work, one's family life is not representative of their public persona, and so on. Galileo bowed to the Inquisition, but his work is still solid). Doubly so if, as it often happens, what they were asked to comment on were not the writings themselves in full, but a straw-man summarisation of them by journalists and related pundits (on which everybody seems to argue about).