I think of it as participating in these kind of discussions without risking my career. But I hear what you're saying, and I agree that this post was needlessly confrontational. I'll try to be a better HN citizen!
So if you argue against Google's diversity policies, you're fine as long as you write on par with one of the greatest writers of his generation¹. If you argue for it, you can get away with any angry incoherent rant.…
This is known as Lewontin's Fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewon...
> The current fashion is that there are basically NO biological sex-type differences; that any sex-type differences are socially imposed and generally disadvantageous to women. It's important to know that the existence…
"Stereotype threat" isn't doing well in replication. https://replicationindex.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/hidden-fig... Money quote: "Research on stereotype threat and women’s performance on math tests is one example where…
When extremely powerful people like that lose their jobs, everyone else gets the message.
It's pretty fantastic in these hyper sensitive times that unions get away with calling poor working people rats!
If you pick your starting assumption, you can reach any conclusion you desire.
I think of it as participating in these kind of discussions without risking my career. But I hear what you're saying, and I agree that this post was needlessly confrontational. I'll try to be a better HN citizen!
So if you argue against Google's diversity policies, you're fine as long as you write on par with one of the greatest writers of his generation¹. If you argue for it, you can get away with any angry incoherent rant.…
This is known as Lewontin's Fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewon...
> The current fashion is that there are basically NO biological sex-type differences; that any sex-type differences are socially imposed and generally disadvantageous to women. It's important to know that the existence…
"Stereotype threat" isn't doing well in replication. https://replicationindex.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/hidden-fig... Money quote: "Research on stereotype threat and women’s performance on math tests is one example where…
When extremely powerful people like that lose their jobs, everyone else gets the message.
It's pretty fantastic in these hyper sensitive times that unions get away with calling poor working people rats!
If you pick your starting assumption, you can reach any conclusion you desire.