News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science. Parent comment

Re:The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science by deepnotderp on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @11:09AM (#14969825)
>Only difference being that the author of this article has a PhD in sexual neuroscience

Original evil evil author had a PhD/MS in Biology from Harvard

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science by daughart on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @01:31PM (#14971552)
He studied mathematical biology. A PhD/MS should never indicate expertise outside of the field of study.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science by deepnotderp on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @03:16PM (#14972618)
Then it's a good thing that he cited sources (that got removed by Gizmodo, Motherboard, etc.)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science by daughart on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @03:40PM (#14972811)
As said elsewhere in this thread:

Anyone who wants to use "science" in this way needs to read "The Golem" by prominent sociologists of science Collins and Pinch. It's a short, enjoyable read. One of the things you'll learn is that science can only ask the questions humans want to ask, and science often says exactly what people want it to say.

https://www.amazon.com/Golem-Should-About-Science-Classics/d... online link: http://cstpr.colorado.edu/students/envs_5110/collins_the_gol...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Google memo isn’t sexist or anti-diversity, it’s science by zimpenfish on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:04AM (#14979764)
He lied about having a PhD and his MS is presumably in "Systems Biology" (same as his claimed PhD), ie "the computational study of biological systems".
[ Parent | on HN ]