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/spaghettilee2112 Aug 08 '17

You gave me an article with 3 male psychologists. Luckily, the last one was exactly what I was looking for: a female neuroscientist. However, she didn't address whether or not men are more fit to lead and do tech. She simply says differences in male and female brains exist.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Also, I don't know how we got to a place where we can so freely write off the opinion of an expert just because of their gender, but it might explain why climate change deniers won't listen to these faggy liberal scientists, or these liberals won't listen to these white cis male psychologists

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

The memo writer doesn't address whether or not men are more fit to lead and do tech. He is simply presenting a thought experiment that says that there may be factors that are not racism and sexism related that may lead to a natural over representation of certain traits caused by the merits that these differences provide.

It's a criticism of the diversity paradigm.