Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by literallycancer on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @08:23PM
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What if I prefer a homogeneous group then? It doesn't mean that diverse individuals are any worse, does it?
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Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by cfelix on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @09:05PM
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Of course not! I just don't know why someone would want that.
Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by literallycancer on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @09:52AM
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If I ran a debt collecting agency, I'd probably choose men with a Russian-sounding accent over any other group.
Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by meric on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:05PM
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For a genetic study of prevalence of a genetic condition in Chinese males, you'd want a homogenous group of Chinese males.
Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by cfelix on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:58PM
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I was referring about hiring people, not studying them. But I can't say you're wrong.
Re:Ask a Female Engineer: Thoughts on the Google Memo
by meric on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @12:45AM
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If we really dig for an example - mountain climbing guides for Mount Everest, certain groups of people have evolutionary advantages that make them more suited for the job.
In an extreme environment where advantages of the tail end of population distributions are important then it's less likely the market will choose a diversified workforce.