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It was more about the timing. The memo came shortly after Trump was elected, when many women and minorities were feeling defeated. It was not the climate to try
by jbob2000 9y ago
It was more about the timing. The memo came shortly after Trump was elected, when many women and minorities were feeling defeated. It was not the climate to try and hold reasoned debate.
- stillhere 9y agoIn my experience the left was not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down.
- lurr 9y agoOn what topic?
- haihaibye 9y agoThat humans aren't blank slates.
- lurr 9y agoIf you're talking about Damore then I believe that's less about what was said and more about how it was stated.
- haihaibye 9y agoThe context was "the left .. not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down." Pre-election a similar thing happened to James Watson and Larry Summers - eg here is shutting down conversation about humans not being blank slates: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/us/harvard-chief-defends-his-talk-on-women.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/us/harvard-chief-defends-h... "When he started talking about innate differences in aptitude between men and women, I just couldn't breathe because this kind of bias makes me physically ill," Dr. Hopkins said.