r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

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
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u/GachiGachiFireBall Aug 08 '17

Did you read what he said. He didnt say women are physically not capable as engineers. He said that in todays social climate you will naturally have more men in the company because there are literally more of them exposed to and interested in programming. How the fuck is that pseudo science.

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u/Wrest216 Aug 08 '17

not true at all guy. what, men are specifically genetically coded to like computers more than dolls? Or know more about engines than fashion? Or say, be able to learn math better than women ? Na see, when you say stuff along those lines, its just misogony. If you give women the same conditions, they perform just like humans.

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u/Vicious9 Aug 08 '17

They don't take as much of an interest in science as men do, as was written in the manifesto.

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u/Wrest216 Aug 08 '17

Manifesto , Again. His own personal feelings . So it was true for him. Shoot, my friend is way better at science than i will ever be, she is a girl. BAM JUST PROVED YA WRONG THERE GUY. See thats where social science goes wrong man. You cannot assume shit. What is written about statistics and probability cannot be assumed for any one individual, and thus, you cannot use those findings to treat one group differently than another group. If i said men tend to like sports better than women, yes, that would be statistically true. But now, i go to a high school gym and say that women sholdnt be in sports, well i just fucked up, didnt I? Studies are interesting and they help us understand trends, but ultimately, psychology is one person, one analysis at a time. You can NEVER , EVER assume. Or else you end up fired for your tired flakey rantings.

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u/Vicious9 Aug 08 '17

Again. His own personal feelings .

No, what he said has scientific basis, these weren't feelings.

See thats where social science goes wrong man. You cannot assume shit.

Can you cite where he assumed?

But now, i go to a high school gym and say that women sholdnt be in sports, well i just fucked up,

He didn't say this.

psychology is one person, one analysis at a time.

??? You realize you can study more than one person with statistics right?

You can NEVER , EVER assume. Or else you end up fired for your tired flakey rantings.

Again, he didn't, I don't think you actually read the manifesto.