As much as I admire Ada Lovelace--and I do, extravagently--this strikes me as a wishful exaggeration of her work.
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then everyone wonders why women don't chose it? This becomes a self-fullfilling thing, because the environment becomes more 'default male'
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Replying to @ColumPaget @JimSDouglas
As Scott Alexander has noted, this doesn't explain why law and medicine achieved parity, and engineering has not.
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo @ColumPaget
It's an absolutely fair question. I have friends who try hard to avoid gender stereotypes and find their daughters drawn to girlie roles.
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Replying to @JimSDouglas @ColumPaget
I grew up with a dad who desperately wanted me to be an engineer. I majored in English.
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo @ColumPaget
This struck me as the right take on the Google story, BTW:https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/why-google-had-to-fire-james-damore …
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Replying to @JimSDouglas @ColumPaget
It struck me as the same wrong take as a lot of outlets have made. "Women have different preferences" != "Women are biologically inferior"
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If you make the logical leap from one to the other, then yes, you can see why he'd have to be fired. Only that isn't what he said.
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Replying to @asymmetricinfo @JimSDouglas
I agree, although I think he is a bit too ready to say "It's cos biology!" but that's not a hanging offence, its a point to be debated
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Replying to @ColumPaget @JimSDouglas
Stand by for my column on this very topic tomorrow!
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Brave
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ICYMI, this looks like something you'd find interesting (although I think the science is a side issue): https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/no-the-google-manifesto-isnt-sexist-or-anti-diversity-its-science/article35903359/ …
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