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> I'm going to point at "Another male colleague’s background was in physics, not engineering, and he did not satisfy the requirement that candidates have an MS
by choppaface 3y ago
> I'm going to point at "Another male colleague’s background was in physics, not engineering, and he did not satisfy the requirement that candidates have an MS in Computer Engineering" - in and of itself that suggests the male was better at the job than she was.
A true milestone in YC’s and HN mods transition to the alt right that the top comment currently on this article is so brazenly sexist. There is nothing curious about unzipping a thesis like this and airing it out. Battle of the Sexes gets won by hard work, team work, and leaving behind the game (“battle”) which was pointless anyways.
- roenxi 3y agoIn a field of professional endeavour (due to Berkson's paradox) the default position should be that qualifications are a negative signal of quality. That has nothing to do with sexism, it is just a statistical observation. By the magic of it being basic math, it applies to men too!
- choppaface 3y agoAnd women are underpaid relative to men because for the past 4,000 years they have statistically been diverted away from the workforce and into child-raising. By the magic of basic math, that means men are overpaid! Eugenics is also rooted in basic math and statistical observations. Now that HN has become totally disinterested with social equality, maybe eugenics will fall under ‘curious conversation’ and fill the forums here.