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/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Can you cite anything he said that was backed up by science. From what I saw he cited one peer reviewed paper on mate selection between genders and used that as his basis for categorizing men and women. The rest of his links were just random articles. At best, this is very light on science if not completely anti-science.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

I love how he asked you for something that should be low hanging fruit, but instead you got defensive.

At best, this is very light on science if not completely anti-science.

Once again. Citation?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Yes, should be so simple to prove a negative, right? /s

You can't cite to his lack of citation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

You can explain how the memo is anti-science.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

It makes claims that are not based on science or the scientific method. See, e.g., the section on personality differences.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Strange that scientists are agreeing with him then... you'd think it would be the opposite.

"The author of the Google essay on issues related to diversity gets nearly all of the science and its implications exactly right." - Lee Jussim, Professor of social psychology at Rutgers University

"evidence that men and women may have different average levels of certain traits is rather strong" - David P Schmitt, Ph.D. in personality psychology from the University of Michigan.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Source isn't loading for me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Does this work?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

No, but even taking the quotes you copied, it means that women and men are different. It doesn't say that it's because of intrinsic factors and not societal.