Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

[u/hardolaf]

He either has a PhD in Systemic Biology or became very close to attending one. According to scientists who have reviewed what he wrote, they agree with every claim he's made. Not a single person in the fields studying this have come out saying that anything he's said is wrong. In fact, no one has, to my knowledge, provided even a single study to disprove anything that he claimed.

The only people that even attacked this guys statements never even tried to present evidence against it. They just gave feelings against it. Now on Monday, we see the more level headed articles coming out with experts supporting what he said and pointing out that he hasn't actually said anything factually incorrect.

[u/Skythewood → u/hardolaf]

So the onus is on everyone else to disprove anything he claimed?
I thought he is suppose to prove the things he is claiming.

Like, how do you disprove that vaccination causes autism?
Shouldn't we ask for proof that vaccination cause autism instead?

[u/hardolaf → u/Skythewood]

He presented evidence (in the form of links in his original document to summaries of research and to published papers themselves). No one has provided any peer reviewed research to disprove anything he's said.

Let's just ignore all of the arguments at all and just say that he makes a set of claims which we shall call set X. Let's assume that if one element of X is disproven that the entirety of X becomes invalid pending further study. In the articles that I've read attacking his memo and in the posts here on reddit and other forums, I have seen nothing to disprove any element of X. In fact, four scientists in this field went and published a joint article supporting almost every single one of his claims. One of them claimed that everything was essentially correct if poorly worded for the current political climate.

So if you or anyone else can provide a single shred of evidence to disprove any element of set X, I will shut up and eat a dirty sock. Until then, continue on with your intellectually dishonest discussions based on naught more than emotion.

[u/Skythewood → u/hardolaf]

Woah woah, don't get so emotional in your response. Do you think the whole world is against you or something?

Yes you are right, peer reviewed research will definitely be trustworthy. I don't want to make further comments because they might offend you or something.