> I think Scott Alexander makes one rather poor argument towards the end of his debate with Grant. The way I read it, Grant claims that the decline can't have a biological explanation, Scott agrees but counter-claims…
For anyone who hasn't read the actual memo yet, what he did say was "Hiring practices which can effectively lower the bar for “diversity” candidates by decreasing the false negative rate". That's not anywhere near "a…
You might also want to read this fully-sourced response to Grant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagge... (and also Grant's response to that response in the comments).
> I think Scott Alexander makes one rather poor argument towards the end of his debate with Grant. The way I read it, Grant claims that the decline can't have a biological explanation, Scott agrees but counter-claims…
For anyone who hasn't read the actual memo yet, what he did say was "Hiring practices which can effectively lower the bar for “diversity” candidates by decreasing the false negative rate". That's not anywhere near "a…
You might also want to read this fully-sourced response to Grant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagge... (and also Grant's response to that response in the comments).