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    1. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      "In the end, focusing the conversation on the minutiae of the scientific claims in the manifesto is a red herring..." She lost me there. ☹️

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    2. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @HeerJeet

      Except it was at the end of the article. She discussed why the referenced "scientific" claims were bogus.

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    3. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @delmoi @HeerJeet

      And i don't agree with it. Shit, I don't even disagree with her general thesis about being inclusive to women and minorities. It's just...

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    4. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi @HeerJeet

      ... that when somebody starts belittling the science, it is an argumentative trick to keep from steering away into an area out of...

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    5. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi @HeerJeet

      ... one's expertise. Example: doctor Debra Soh, a scientist, came in defense of the weird memo the guy wrote, and so have other scientists.

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    6. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi @HeerJeet

      On the science alone. Mind you, you don't have to agree with all of them, but there is an argument 2B made that a lot of the terminology...

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    7. 忍者の神 Marxist-Yeagerist ⌬‏ @delmoi 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @HeerJeet

      Deborah Soh isn't a real scientist

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    8. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @delmoi @HeerJeet

      How do you know this? Last I checked she had a PhD in sexual neuroscience from New York University. What am I missing here?

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    9. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi @HeerJeet

      Correction -- I made a mistake. It was York University, not New York University.

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    10. Steven B Smith  💉& 😷‏ @TheGrittyDev 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi @HeerJeet

      I don't think it was a belittling of the science, it's more pointing out that the chosen research did not support the position of the memo.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Aug 2017
      Replying to @TheGrittyDev @AlejandroCJ3 @delmoi

      Exactly. I don't see how you can get from the fairly banal science to the social reality of a very male dominated industry.

      4:14 PM - 11 Aug 2017
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        2. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @HeerJeet @TheGrittyDev @delmoi

          The research and the data gathered does point one way. The problem comes in when non-specialists want to have an opinion.

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        3. Dr. Al‏ @AlejandroCJ3 11 Aug 2017
          Replying to @AlejandroCJ3 @HeerJeet and

          Things get invariably muddled. Read Dr. Suzanne instead. She torches him at least the right way.

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