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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by jorgemf on Monday August 07, 2017 @09:56PM (#14952999)
Not having a PhD in biology will probably make you less right than him.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by brown9-2 on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:27PM (#14953300)
This is such a funny statement to be made in a place that values "hackers" and decries the need for formal education
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by nv-vn on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:04AM (#14954553)
Maybe, but not everyone here agrees with that statement obviously.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by jorgemf on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:34PM (#14953896)
Maybe I should have added: In absence of anything that probe you are a hacker in biology.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by als1863 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:14AM (#14955241)
Not having a PhD in biology might help you look beyond biology to hypothesize causation about an observed correlation
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by jorgemf on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:27AM (#14957062)
What if the cause is in biology? You will miss it that way. Bear in mind that we are like we are because of our genes. You are not blonde or brunette because something your mother ate or you did in another past life. Genes also impact in intelligence and skills. The environment is another factor but the base is set by genes.
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