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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Miriam Makhyoun

      I think women have, can &will bring a lot to STEM including (I hope) my daughter who intends to go into it. But not by virtue of being womenhttps://twitter.com/MiriamMakEnergy/status/925772049783586817 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      Miriam Makhyoun @MiriamMakEnergy
      Replying to @HPluckrose @SamHarrisOrg @TheEconomist
      That's unfortunate you feel that way about women. I think women can add a new dimension to things.
      2 replies 7 retweets 37 likes
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017

      I'm very wary of the idea that the identity of a scientist adds dimensions to science. Those dimensions would seem to be unwanted.

      5 replies 3 retweets 20 likes
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    3. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      This contradicts the claim that women are underrepresented in programming b/c of different preferences (people vs things) on average, no?

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @lessdismalsci

      That's a different thing, yes.

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    5. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      If there are on average differences in systematizing vs. empathizing, then on average adding women would likely add new dimensions, no?

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @lessdismalsci

      Not to science, no. There are right and wrong answers.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    7. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      How about tech, though?

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017
      Replying to @lessdismalsci

      How about it? You can try empathising with it but I think you still have to follow it's programming to make it work.

      12:12 PM - 1 Nov 2017
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        2. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I'm talking about designing things that people are going to use. There isn't one correct answer, but lots of different possibilities. For

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        3. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci @HPluckrose

          example, the cyber security field is kind of hamstrung by the number of experts who are indifferent to the needs of the vast majority of

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci @HPluckrose

          users, focusing on how to make system that extremely knowledgeable people like them can use optimally, rather than preventing normies from

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        5. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci @HPluckrose

          getting phished and other stuff that matters to the other 99% of users.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci

          OK, but I'm not sure how this relates to male and female perspectives.

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        7. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          The problem is that security and much of tech is dominated by high systematizing low empathizing individuals, which is suboptimal. As such

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci @HPluckrose

          it might make sense to try and recruit for more empathetic individuals. One quick and dirty way to do that is affirmative action for women.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Turduckin Recursion‏ @lessdismalsci 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @lessdismalsci @HPluckrose

          Similar arguments apply to engineering and soft sciences as well. It's not PC to say that we need more women in STEM b/c they are on average

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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        2. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @lessdismalsci

          But tech always has to interface with humans at some point, & the design of those interfaces could benefit A LOT from strong empathy.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. (((TheTracker)))‏ @IdiotTracker 1 Nov 2017
          Replying to @IdiotTracker @HPluckrose @lessdismalsci

          Empathy as a skill is ultimately a form of imagination. What if I were that pill addict? similar to What if I were riding a beam of light?

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