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Re:Nearly Half of US Female Scientists Leave Full-Time Scien... by tomp on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @06:11PM (#19203915)
Is reducing bias the most important goal?

(Definitely not for me. Life today is much better than it was 50 years ago in communist Yugoslavia, despite higher inequality and bias, due to progress in science and business.)

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Re:Nearly Half of US Female Scientists Leave Full-Time Scien... by kevincrane on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @06:17PM (#19203957)
Imagine how much more progress we could have had in science and business if we didn't de facto force out so many possible candidates who were interested in the field after they had their first kid.
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