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But he wasn't asking questions. The document wasn't an invitation to explain where he was mistaken. It was precisely that. By all accounts he was given feedba

But he wasn't asking questions. The document wasn't an invitation to explain where he was mistaken. It was precisely that. By all accounts he was given feedback on his ideas before the final memo went out. By his own account. In the very text he says that opposition to these ideas demonstrates bias and he therefore dismisses the very idea of being wrong. Quote, please. This wasn't some intellectual debate. No, the reaction to the memo turned out to be screeching and namecalling. Here's a feminist interviewing James Damore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFLoKa8FdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SFLoKa8FdA

wslack 9y ago
The reactions that were most amplified likely included some namecalling, but I saw a lot of well-reasoned and detailed takedowns of the pseudoscience in the memo. My guess is that both sides look at the worst of the other to justify themselves.
- stcredzero 9y ago
  The reactions that were most amplified likely included some namecalling, but I saw a lot of well-reasoned and detailed takedowns of the pseudoscience in the memo. [citation needed] Among the "pseudoscience" in the memo is one of the most important results in psychology of recent years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmyO3hbOz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmyO3hbOz8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits#Gender_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits#Ge... The study cited as "The Scandinavian Paradox" was across 55 countries and is one of the statistically strongest results in the social sciences, flat-out.