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We need boldness when studying science but humility when applying it. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It can lead to prejudice or worse. But the solut

We need boldness when studying science but humility when applying it. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It can lead to prejudice or worse. But the solution is not less knowledge, the solution is greater humility in applying it. So let's keep learning, but not let the latest findings justify things we know are really wrong. As we learn yet more, it will add nuance and eventually vindicate what we knew was right all along: respect people as individuals.

3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago
Just out of curiosity, what do you believe the applications are as presented in the research?
- rstuart4133 7y ago
  I don't know if it an application or not, but I've tried to use stuff I've learnt from similar studies to attract more females to computing. It's a purely selfish thing - I like working in mixed teams. It can be very difficult to get a mixed small team when only 1 in 5 people are female. One of the things you rapidly conclude is the things that SJW's tend to foam at the mouth about things that probably don't matter. In particular the general assumption women avoid male dominated occupations because they like working with men is just as wrong as saying you don't find in men in child care professions because they don't like working with women. Unfortunately they don't like you saying that. Worse, when you say the differences are real, and the best way to attract women is probably to give them roles they like doing, they go ballistic as your suggestions tend to undermine whatever justification they have for their crusade. An example of such a proposal is since women tend to like working with other people, we do have tasks that tend to focus on working with people like help desks and finding business requirements and doing the design work is a good idea. (But I admit that idea is just a wild guess from a man, and really we need women to prod us in the right direction.) Unfortunately, it's even worse than that. The loud, aggressive, chest thumping way the SJW's seem to operate in when championing women's causes appear to me to be the very antithesis of the way women prefer to interact. (I guess that's no saying much - I can't say I like it either.) But in any case the irony is bitter and hard to swallow. Here we have people claiming to be working to attract more women to the profession, yet their action in pursuing that goal seem to be almost deliberately calculated to drive them away. Anyway, enough of the rant. To answer your question, the research is an obvious starting point when you want to address gender inequality - whether it be women in IT or men in teaching.

3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y ago

Just out of curiosity, what do you believe the applications are as presented in the research?

rstuart4133 7y ago
I don't know if it an application or not, but I've tried to use stuff I've learnt from similar studies to attract more females to computing. It's a purely selfish thing - I like working in mixed teams. It can be very difficult to get a mixed small team when only 1 in 5 people are female. One of the things you rapidly conclude is the things that SJW's tend to foam at the mouth about things that probably don't matter. In particular the general assumption women avoid male dominated occupations because they like working with men is just as wrong as saying you don't find in men in child care professions because they don't like working with women. Unfortunately they don't like you saying that. Worse, when you say the differences are real, and the best way to attract women is probably to give them roles they like doing, they go ballistic as your suggestions tend to undermine whatever justification they have for their crusade. An example of such a proposal is since women tend to like working with other people, we do have tasks that tend to focus on working with people like help desks and finding business requirements and doing the design work is a good idea. (But I admit that idea is just a wild guess from a man, and really we need women to prod us in the right direction.) Unfortunately, it's even worse than that. The loud, aggressive, chest thumping way the SJW's seem to operate in when championing women's causes appear to me to be the very antithesis of the way women prefer to interact. (I guess that's no saying much - I can't say I like it either.) But in any case the irony is bitter and hard to swallow. Here we have people claiming to be working to attract more women to the profession, yet their action in pursuing that goal seem to be almost deliberately calculated to drive them away. Anyway, enough of the rant. To answer your question, the research is an obvious starting point when you want to address gender inequality - whether it be women in IT or men in teaching.