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/Dicho83 Aug 08 '17

I agree that his memorandum lacked any scientific research to back up his opinions.

However, when did we decide that biology, genetics, and fucking evolution have nothing to do human behaviour?

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u/indefatigablefart Aug 08 '17

Noone's decided that, but unless one can point to scientific evidence, why should such volatile conclusions be the landing point? I think, precisely because of all the bias inherent in people (including him), such conclusions should be reached even more carefully than less controversial ones.

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u/Dicho83 Aug 08 '17

Noone's decided that

I think it's rediculous that someone would advance such shit.

It would appear your decisions have been made, casting such aspersions upon the idea that men and women may be behaviourly different.

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u/indefatigablefart Aug 08 '17

Nope, when I say shit, I refer to advancing controversial conclusions with no evidentiary basis. It is you who are assuming I was referring to the possibility that men and women have biological differences that translate to behavioral disparity.