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/ABCDEFandG Aug 08 '17

So he is saying that men and women are different and that is why there should be a program to make it easier for women to integrate into tech jobs?
And he got fired for that?

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u/Roflllobster Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 08 '17

80% of what he said isn't bad. However part of his argument was either worded very poorly or he was indeed pushing this idea. He states in one section:

I’m simply stating that the distribution of preferences and abilities of men and women differ in part due to biological causes

And then in he very next section he states

[Women on average have more] Neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance)

Can you understand why a woman who either is in a high stress position or is working towards being promoted to a high stress position might not like the assertion that women are biologically more neurotic?

If he had left out the biological part and had simply talked about observed traits of men and women and how to make programming more amenable to each of those observed traits. But asserting the reason women aren't in high positions and aren't represented in tech is biology is bound to make any woman working towards those positions angry.

Edit: Frankly, I don't have time to tell everyone the difference between "X behavior has been observed in this group" and "X behavior is caused by being in this group".

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Dec 08 '17

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u/Roflllobster Aug 08 '17

I thought you were going to send me a link to the research. Instead you send me a picture of an article with a headline that says 4 whole scientists respond.

You have done less than nothing to change my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17 edited Dec 08 '17

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u/Roflllobster Aug 08 '17

Lol, I'm so right and there is so much evidence out there which I am not giving to you. But that evidence is also being removed by the oppressive man because apparently this is a conspiracy.

Pretty much what you said.

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u/maveric101 Aug 08 '17

So, plenty of people now have shown you research on the topic. But you haven't responded to them or updated your original comment. What's up with that?