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The statement that "women invented programming" is as meaningless as "men invented mathematics". It is blind to all the contributions of everyone that preceded
by barelyauser 3y ago
The statement that "women invented programming" is as meaningless as "men invented mathematics". It is blind to all the contributions of everyone that preceded and entire field.
- eh_why_not 3y agoPrecisely. The redditization of HN: activism vs critical thinking.
- globular-toast 3y agoExactly. Notice how the two comments calling out the childish comment, one simply asking why and one questioning the claim, were downvoted. "We need more women in the field" really means "we want more women in the field" and they refuse to reflect on why they want this. I assume it must be some kind of guilt that's been drummed in.
- dartos 3y agoI mean, an argument could be made that more diverse life experiences could lead to more diverse approaches to solving problems. So if that’s true, and I think it is, then it’d be a good thing to get more <insert underrepresented group> working in <some field>