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Yes, one could assume all sorts of things based on misconceptions (women were more prevalent in CS back then, not less). But assuming evidence is wrong because
by imanaccount247 12y ago
Yes, one could assume all sorts of things based on misconceptions (women were more prevalent in CS back then, not less). But assuming evidence is wrong because we don't like it isn't particularly convincing.
- yarou 12y agoColumbus sailing westward hit land, thinking he had reached India. The evidence supported his assumption at the time, in fact drawing any other conclusion would have been erroneous. My point is that a handful of studies decades ago may have been correct: then. However, I think any sane person would agree that the conclusions drawn from that era have very little bearing on how the world operates today. Information asymmetry was extremely high in academia back then, because academics were not really scrutinized as they are today.
- imanaccount247 12y agoNo, most sane people will agree that evidence is valuable, and a lack of evidence is not more valuable simply because you wish the evidence didn't exist. As I said, go look at the most recent studies that show the same thing then. Put in some effort yourself instead of just dismissing reality because it doesn't fit your preconceived notions of how things should be.