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by depressedpanda 9y ago
Let's look at the quote again: > "Google has created several discriminatory practices: ... Hiring practices which can effectively lower the bar for “diversity” candidates by decreasing the false negative rate" Please note
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
What I see is that you don't understand statistics. And, rather than offer a snide comment, I will try to show you why. Here are the two statements you quoted: > He explicitely did not say (nor mean) that a woman can't be a goo
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
If they are good at their job, sure, why not? Ironically, I doubt anybody would have been fired had they argued that the Earth is flat. Also, I'm not sure what you're getting at with the distinction between perspective and opinion
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Damore wanted to discuss a topic, and was fired after a vocal subclass reacted emotionally and called for his dismissal. I think you might be wrong regarding which subclass is more powerful. It certainly wasn't Damore's. The subcl
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
Don't we, in effect, have scenario 2? There are way more men compared to women who study computer science/engineering. Where I studied, only 4% were women. That means it's impossible to achieve a 1:1 gender ratio for all comp
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
I'm not sure anybody who has read studies about biological preferences claims that they explain the 70/30 population split. That would be ludicrous. What nobody seems to consider is that an initial small biological difference may
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
Calling it "blinding" might not be accurate but, if anything, using deception, the study showed that men were discriminated against, not women -- contrary to what the initial hypothesis suggested.
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The point the throwaway raises is valid, though. Where is the contradiction?
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What? It's a normal distribution graph. The height of the curve denotes how many of a particular group (group is denoted by the blue and green curves) score with regard to some trait x. The y-values for A and B on the graph are irrelev
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
No, unfortunately it isn't always 'very measureable'. Read your sibling comment; sometimes the government has the necessary data but refuses to release it to anyone. Providing proof may then become prohibitively expensive, an
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Regarding cognitive differences between men and women having a biological component: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/2017spring/how-mens-and-womens-... Regarding the quality and replicability of stereotype threat studies,
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I would like to see a similar study done in IT, though I suspect the outcome will be similar. I personally would like to have more women in tech, but it seems implausible that the current dearth is because of any systemic discrimination aga
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
From the studies I've read it seems clear that there are biological differences between males and females. This was not fashionable to claim 20 or so years ago, but I suspect the dismissal was mostly based in politics, and the current
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
While I understand, and agree with, the sentiment of your skepticism, you come across as quite arrogant in your dismissal. If a problem is political providing proof might be very difficult, since those in power will claim that there is no p
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> The arguments that there are fundamental differences between men and women doesn't seem to prevent much higher proportions of female programmers in India, or Romania, or China. Suppose that the much higher proportions of female pr
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
Superfluous how? Many people don't use Windows 10.
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One of the contractors who got access to the data was employed by the Serbian military for a decade. I suppose you are aware of the ties Serbia and its military has to Russia? It's not unprobable that this guy sold the information to R
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
For those of you who got triggered by "feminist", please do note the quotes. I.e., it's their claim, not mine[1]. I personally don't see that they've done much for gender equality, so they only make that claim becau
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by depressedpanda 9y ago
Yes, correct: https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkebusering#Etymologi Ultimately, both words come from low German "hakebusse".
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Here's a summary of what foreign powers got access to: - identities of undercover operatives - personal identity data of everyone with a driver's licence - people with protected identities - location of all army vehicles - money t