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to be fair your opinion is less scientifically rigorous than the actual scientific papers he cited which was his formulation of data less than opinion. You can
by wand3r 9y ago
to be fair your opinion is less scientifically rigorous than the actual scientific papers he cited which was his formulation of data less than opinion. You can disagree with him & those papers but I do think a blanket dismissal of him as a person is difficult to infer from a single inter-office memo
- keo92znx 9y agoTbf this Hacker News, a casual social forum. I’m indifferent to concerns about rigor in my comments. Also I’m on a phone and half interested, passing the time on a bus.
- stcredzero 9y agoMany people who assert things about James Damore's memo are engaging in the same dishonest anti-science tactics which Climate Deniers and Evolution Deniers engage in. Science is not a democracy. People also don't get to impute James Damore's motives just because they feel strongly about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siRG42yMpyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siRG42yMpyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grNAjsb4yX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grNAjsb4yX8 Look up the citations, then decide for yourself who is pushing an ideological agenda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmyO3hbOz8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmyO3hbOz8 Here is a reasonable and cogent critique of the Damore memo. Liana K makes a very good argument that James Damore is wrong. However, note how many general falsehoods about the memo she calls out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIRvtA2JIIA& https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIRvtA2JIIA&