If you put $5,000 into a humor detector on January 1, 2017, then you’d be able to comprehend the meaning behind my comment today. Have fun with that knowledge.

Thought experiment: Suppose he wrote a memo whose claims were scientifically valid. Suppose further that this memo had exactly the same text as the real memo (i.e. in this scenario pretend the established science happens to agree with all of his claims rather than disagree with any of them).

Manifesto writer’s intentions are not subject to anyone’s perception of the validity of his arguments. His intention was to create dialogue and raise awareness (check). His criticism was suppression of and retribution for expressed ideologies (check).

“Supposably” is my pet peeve...

He did not call women neurotic, which is the adjective of the mental functional disorder neurosis. Neurotic does not appear in the document.

I wonder how long it’ll be until a liberal employee of a predominantly conservative corporation gets fired for writing a similar ‘screed’ about some liberal cause celebre, and your writers and commentariat start tripping over themselves to reverse their arguments...

Four Scientists Respond to the Google Memo:

I think that’s taking his arguments to some bizarre extreme. At its core, the writer is calling out what he feels to be oppressive and discriminatory practices at Google, as well as unsustainable and ineffective methods for combating sexism and inequality. He does not disagree with the fundamental idea of equality,…

Some can argue that he has the right to express his opinion without fear of being fired for it.

And who’s the final authority on who’s opinions are valid and who’s are not? You? And do the valid ones coincidentally align with your own?

Telling people not to blow the whistle on discriminatory and oppressive practices is itself oppressive. Simply because you disagree with him doesn’t make his intentions any different from someone on the opposite “side” making the opposite claims (calling out sexism against women, policies that oppress women, etc.). …

Regardless of how valid or invalid his opinions are, isn’t an internal message board exactly the correct place to create a discussion about internal issues? He gets fired for having an opposing viewpoint meanwhile the person who leaked internal company communications gets zero punishment.

Doesn’t like them— unless she packs them!

username checks out.

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Well, they launched Apple Music, which is huge—but really, “getting headlines” is part of a company’s mission, and Apple does it better than just about anybody (and everybody else does this, see also Google I/O, Window Conference, E3, Etc)

I was expecting a new Apple TV too. Maybe in the fall...

In a typical year, there are about 1,500 injuries and 80 deaths per year by tornadoes. (NOAA)

I feel like doing this on a state by state basis is the most pointless thing. States are so big and have so many cities that this is going to be completely skewed data. It makes total sense to compare entire states like Texas, California, and Florida to Delaware, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.