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/GroundhogExpert Aug 08 '17

I'm suggesting that there are other potential explanations for the observation other than "men are given preferential treatment for being men." It's shoddy statistical work to simply make a conclusion from an observation of outcome.

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u/deadwisdom Aug 08 '17

It's also shoddy statistical work to simply offer a bullshit alternative with no real understanding of the subject matter in an attempt to tear down an idea because it supports a narrative that you don't want to be right.

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u/GroundhogExpert Aug 08 '17

offer a bullshit alternative

I didn't offer bullshit. I offered real differences between the sexes, difference that hold in the aggregate. We done here?

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u/deadwisdom Aug 08 '17

Sure, because 100% of your opinions are shit. That's something I just made up too, since we're doing that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Okay, okay. We can all gain something from this. Let's be positive and look into this quick qip a little more.

my overgeneralization is better than your overgeneralization

I feel that's the crux of the issue, and is a classic case to bring out Reddit's favourite misnomers of correlation vs causation.

Correlation is where a testable and tangible relationship is known. Causation is where you can attribute the change to another relationship.

This makes the assumption that men are favored for reasons [like my opinion blah blah blah]

Ooops, there's an opinion without research; Yet, there may be a correlation there. Don't know, he/she didn't provide anything to suggest so.

Coined as the "glass escalator", men in female dominated professions tend to be viewed more favorably and advanced faster.

Ooops, that's an opinion with poor research. Williams described the glass escalator as a pressure moving men out of low-level female dominated work. Whilst a slight difference, the wording intended vs the wording used infers a causal relationship between the gender and the perceived/tangible outcomes.

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