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> I think the difference between scientific mindset and political mindset This article is a rhetorical play, for the average person to consider more this point
by h0l0cube 7y ago
> I think the difference between scientific mindset and political mindset
This article is a rhetorical play, for the average person to consider more this point of view. It's arguments to do so were weak at best.
> Did you read the memo? It's whole text was arguing that diversity efforts at Google are misguided and harmful, and what should be done instead.
Did you? Because I don't recall him stating any actual harms, but speculation. No even an anecdote to back his claims.
- edanm 7y ago> Because I don't recall him stating any actual harms, but speculation. No even an anecdote to back his claims. To be fair, the memo argued that the specific way Google goes about in trying to increase diversity was not going to work, because the underlying assumptions of the cause of the differences was wrong, and proposed specific other ways to increase diversity.
- extempore 7y agoDid you read the memo as it was written, replete with links to supporting research? Or did you only read the maliciously leaked version which had stripped out all the links?