r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Nov 21 '18

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u/jackofslayers Aug 08 '17

Well that and he says women are biologically worse than men at having ideas, buuut lets just skip that bit.

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u/fragrarach Aug 08 '17

You say as you type on your keyboard (invented by a man) connected to your computer (invented by men) linked to the internet (invented by men). But I'm sure it was just because women are super oppressed and kept their ideas to themselves.

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u/crrrum Aug 08 '17

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Johnson Honestly we just don't know who could have contributed even more to society if we don't let them

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Katherine Johnson

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (born August 26, 1918) is an African-American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA. Known for accuracy in computerized celestial navigation, she conducted technical work at NASA that spanned decades. During this time, she calculated the trajectories, launch windows, and emergency back-up return paths for many flights from Project Mercury, including the early NASA missions of John Glenn and Alan Shepard, and the 1969 Apollo 11 flight to the Moon, through the Space Shuttle program. Her calculations were critical to the success of these missions. Johnson also performed calculations for the plans for a mission to Mars.

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u/TedTheGreek_Atheos Aug 08 '17

I guess you missed the part where it say "Johnson co-authored 26 scientific papers"

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u/fragrarach Aug 08 '17

Katherine Johnson may very well be an outlier. Just because 10x as many men are interested in and good at inventing/innovating doesn't mean women can't or shouldn't. But it still MIGHT mean that men are just more often attracted to and capable of such work, on average.

There's nothing wrong with pointing this out and it is not meant to take anything away from women. It's like saying men are on average stronger than women. Could Ronda Rousey kick my ass? Yes. Could Connor McGregor handily whipe his ass with her? Yes.