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> How do you fell about James Damore? That was definitely a witch hunt. He worked hard to give advice that he thought would be useful for improving diversity a
by chroma 7y ago
> How do you fell about James Damore?
That was definitely a witch hunt. He worked hard to give advice that he thought would be useful for improving diversity at Google. Nothing he said was outside of the scientific consensus, yet he was demonized[1] and fired for it. The whole thing is absurd.
1. Check out some Googler's responses to his document (which, in case you forgot, was deliberately leaked without diagrams or citations): https://imgur.com/a/S48QN https://imgur.com/a/S48QN Several want him physically battered for his opinions.
- kelnos 7y agoJust because you write up something that sounds "intellectual" and appears to have "reputable sources", it doesn't mean it is or it does. Damore's garbage post was just that: garbage. It's really sad that people felt the need to stoop to threatening him with physical violence, but that doesn't mean he wasn't completely wrong and had to go.
- chroma 7y agoPeople who said Damore got the science correct include Peter Singer[1], Scott Alexander[2], and Steven Pinker[3]. 1. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/google-wrong-article-1.3399750 https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/google-wrong-article-1.3... 2. https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exaggerated-differences/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagge... 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-JOINlddM&t=40m23s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-JOINlddM&t=40m23s
- kelnos 7y agoI'm not aware of Peter Singer's work, but from my reading of Scott Alexander and Steven Pinker, as well as rebuttals to their writing, I'm not sure I'd consider them authoritative.
- manfredo 7y agoCare to explain what was "garbage" about the memo? Word of caution: the memo did not claim that women were worse performers in tech due to biology, or that tech jobs are not and should not be people-focused. These were things stuffed into his mouth by shoddy coverage (the journalist that broke the story admitted that he did not actually read the original memo).