Feel free to provide them

Does this not define confirmation bias?

When a lot of people have this opinion and no one can come up with an argument that refutes it without devolving to straw man and/or as hominem that’s a problem. These ideas are gaining momentum and there are scientific sources to back them up. Ignoring them is not going to make them go away.

Apologies, I should’ve made qualifiers for discussions about how men are physically stronger than women (on average), which I don’t think anyone arguing against the author’s opinion was debating.

I’m not trying to win anything. This isn’t some contest about who can be more right than the other.

He said women and minorities are less suited (ie less capable) of certain positions because of their biological makeup, which is not true. The vast majority of disparities exist because of how we created society which was built for white men to succeed, while women and minorities weren’t afforded those same…

It would seem a bit ironic that he has a PHD in biology and is making flat out bullshit statements about how women’s biology (or specific races) make them less suited for coding (and numerous other positions). Please, feel free to share the evidence behind that hot take.

Is there a meaning for H.I.M.?

He was saying certain genders/races are “less capable” without directly saying those words. He sums up disparities between races and genders to simply biological differences, while largely ignoring the historical context of how our society has been built for white males to succeed.

You can find numerous studies that show women account for 80% of consumer spending. Those studies may be flawed. Their results may be incorrect, but they are out there and they are plentiful.

He doesn’t have to directly say “less capable” to imply it. The entire memo is a long explanation for why the status quo exists, and the vast majority of his reasoning is bullshit and completely ignores historical context.

Genders: men naturally make better inside linebackers at the college level and NFL.

No, I didn’t research it, hence the phrase “I have a feeling”. I can’t research his opinion about women’s spending, and how that opinion influences how he views women in the workplace.

You can’t suggest that males and females are physically equal and defend it as a worthwhile opinion.

I have a feeling, like most opinions, it was based on a very small sample of his real life. For example, I see more women at shopping malls, thus women must spend more money.

I think you’re confusing moral superiority with facts. The vast majority of the things (not all) in this memo are complete bullshit.

Nope, my point is that this is exactly the problem. With no merit of your own, you instantly degrade and belittle the entire thing as nonsense. With so many different things in the 10 page memo, you whittle it down to “spewing nonsense”.

Is it not ironic that as you call Gizmodo (as well as other sites attached) are all echo chambers with no dissenting opinions, as you defend a top dissenting opinion comment with your own dissenting opinion?

So essentially your point is that we should allow people to spew nonsense into their workplace, even though the majority of it is complete bullshit, and you’re free to complain that any dissenting opinions to your opinion are proving your point, thus being hypocritical of your own point.

We need to quit pretending like all opinions are equally as valuable to a discussion. Does he have the right to a dissenting opinion? Of course. Does that mean we need to give him a platform at his job to spew bullshit? No.