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Why would a female Elon Musk be better than a male one? Are males inferior?

paulsutter 13y ago
Same reasons it's awesome to have a black president: 1. There are people it would inspire, and 2. There are people whose expectations would be shaken up The latter group needs as much help as the former.
- newnewnew 13y ago
  There are few enough Elon Musks in the world that I think we should be grateful for whichever ones we get
- ekianjo 13y ago
  Wow a black president made certainly a lot of difference. Just like the white ones : lying, deceptive, secretive, and dishonest (See NSA). Sorry if I fail to see much difference.
  - Nursie 13y ago
    Err yeah. Why would you think that a black president would be different to a white one? That's precisely the shakeup the world needs - to realise that whatever skin colour, male or female, people are people and you shouldn't judge them negatively or positively on how much melanin or testosterone they produce :P
  - IdahoEv 13y ago
    He's been mendacious as all of them, sure. That's not the important difference. The important difference is that there are now millions of black American kids no longer growing up in a world where they just "know" as a first principle that "black people can't be president". That sort of example simply changes people's outlook. Inspiration and aspiration matter.
    - ekianjo 13y ago
      I rather see millions of people disappointed that no politician, no matter the race or creed, can ever be trusted. Obama had a chance to make a difference and he failed miserably.
  - flyinRyan 13y ago
    To be fair, it might have helped some people: black people are just the same as anyone else. They can be president and they'll be the same corrupt shit bags as white men who become president.
mynegation 13y ago
To serve as an inspiration to all the girls around the world to go into STEM fields. Things are definitely getting better but the current system of society expectations still discourages women from participation in technology, sometimes in very subtle ways. Even if we set aside equality of opportunities which is the goal by itself, think of it as extending the pool of potential inventors and innovators, speeding up the innovation.
sitkack 13y ago
Not inferior, different. Women have a different perspective, a diversity of perspectives (taken on merit) allows a group to not get stuck in a local min-max.
- newnewnew 13y ago
  Are you claiming that women think differently than men? Sources, please. In practice, the kinds of people that can discuss ideas that push the state of the art forward are so rare that you should be grateful that your society gets any, and not worry so much about their genitalia.
  - foobarbazqux 13y ago
    > Are you claiming that women think differently than men? Sources, please. Effect of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone on cognition.

Same reasons it's awesome to have a black president: 1. There are people it would inspire, and 2. There are people whose expectations would be shaken up The latter group needs as much help as the former.

newnewnew 13y ago
There are few enough Elon Musks in the world that I think we should be grateful for whichever ones we get
ekianjo 13y ago
Wow a black president made certainly a lot of difference. Just like the white ones : lying, deceptive, secretive, and dishonest (See NSA). Sorry if I fail to see much difference.
- Nursie 13y ago
  Err yeah. Why would you think that a black president would be different to a white one? That's precisely the shakeup the world needs - to realise that whatever skin colour, male or female, people are people and you shouldn't judge them negatively or positively on how much melanin or testosterone they produce :P
- IdahoEv 13y ago
  He's been mendacious as all of them, sure. That's not the important difference. The important difference is that there are now millions of black American kids no longer growing up in a world where they just "know" as a first principle that "black people can't be president". That sort of example simply changes people's outlook. Inspiration and aspiration matter.
  - ekianjo 13y ago
    I rather see millions of people disappointed that no politician, no matter the race or creed, can ever be trusted. Obama had a chance to make a difference and he failed miserably.
- flyinRyan 13y ago
  To be fair, it might have helped some people: black people are just the same as anyone else. They can be president and they'll be the same corrupt shit bags as white men who become president.

mynegation 13y ago

To serve as an inspiration to all the girls around the world to go into STEM fields. Things are definitely getting better but the current system of society expectations still discourages women from participation in technology, sometimes in very subtle ways. Even if we set aside equality of opportunities which is the goal by itself, think of it as extending the pool of potential inventors and innovators, speeding up the innovation.

sitkack 13y ago

Not inferior, different. Women have a different perspective, a diversity of perspectives (taken on merit) allows a group to not get stuck in a local min-max.

newnewnew 13y ago
Are you claiming that women think differently than men? Sources, please. In practice, the kinds of people that can discuss ideas that push the state of the art forward are so rare that you should be grateful that your society gets any, and not worry so much about their genitalia.
- foobarbazqux 13y ago
  > Are you claiming that women think differently than men? Sources, please. Effect of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone on cognition.