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Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai by TeMPOraL on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:33AM (#14958112)
Read the original memo. The author doesn't say - or imply - that any section of population is inferior to some other. The author only argued that the diversity policies at Google are irrational, create bad atmosphere (resulting in basically the reverse of the stated goals) and hurt their business.
Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai by wolfgangK on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:05AM (#14956520)
> say they are inferior in some respect

I do not believe that the author of the memo ever wrote anything like that. I'm not sure that you should equate all research scientists who published on gender/sex differences with nazis.

Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai by kbart on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:59AM (#14957322)
"hitler did it with the Jews, whites did it to the blacks , Japanese did it to the Chinese"

Well, that escalated quickly[0].

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai by granitosaurus on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:06AM (#14956527)
Did you really compare this to racial _genocides_?

Maybe men are slightly better at something and maybe women are slightly better at other things - why is this an issue? Clearly the difference is not remotelly big enough to be impactful since we see men and women work in every profession. Average worker skill is pretty low so this "genetic advantage" would only really matter at top 0.1% of professionals.

e.g. women are worse at some sports like Tennis, but to most people it will never matter since only few people play at that level where genetics can give you an edge.

Re:Note to Google Employees from CEO Sundar Pichai by samsonradu on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:27PM (#14962206)
Indeed, but people will go as far as dismissing valid proofs and statistics just to boost their own ego and not feel inferior in any way.

That's like me not acknowledging that a black athlete has a genetic advantage over me that would make a difference if we were competing at the 0.1% top level.

I think Google's action is not a right or wrong approach, it's a measure of maintaining order and keeping everybody 'happy'.