> James Damore, as far as I can tell, argued that people gravitate towards things that interest them and gender plays a role in this and that is why women are n

> James Damore, as far as I can tell, argued that people gravitate towards things that interest them and gender plays a role in this and that is why women are not 50% of the engineers and programmers. imo you've overstated his point, I think he would argue that some of the difference can be explained by biological differences. But if that was the full extent of his assertions I don't think he would have got into so much hot water. As I've argued elsewhere on HN, Damore made several further claims, such as: 1) Hiring practices and funding which aim to counter the gender gap are wrong... 2) ... and Google cannot see this because of its inherent left-wing bias.