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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by 77pt77 on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:44AM (#14165019)
> so would you say those fields that have >50%

Notice what was written. It was not >50%. It was better than 50%

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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by Chris2048 on Friday April 21, 2017 @09:32AM (#14165394)
It's either greater or lesser than 50%. If so if not greater, then you are saying lesser than can be "better"?
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by qbrass on Friday April 21, 2017 @10:49AM (#14166062)
It's a distance from optimal, making it worse no matter which direction it is.
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by Chris2048 on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:00PM (#14167275)
But then "so would you say those fields that have >50%.." is a valid question by that measure.
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by bkkssnn on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:47AM (#14165035)
What is better than 50 % ?
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Re:Why is Russia so good at encouraging women into tech? by 77pt77 on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:55AM (#14165105)
The original comment was:

> and some STEM fields, like molecular biology, have better than 50% representation of women.

not ">50%"

not "more than 50%"

not "higher than 50%"

but "better than 50%"

Of all the variations, only the last one has a moral value attached to it.

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