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He's arguing "the left" would never say group A has a higher average IQ than group B, regardless of the groups. That tidbit is a paranthetical in a sentence about the psychology of left…

You're taking that way out of context. He's not saying that the left denies IQ differences between the sexes, and it's sloppy to quote half a sentence. If you read that section, he'…

Wait, what? Damore's memo doesn't mention intelligence or IQ at all [1], not even in the abstract or as distributions or as averages. -- Using the version of the memo cited on the wikipedia …

I'm on Damore's side (if I had to pick a side) and yet I've been able to express myself fairly freely here on HN. I've also seen posts downvoted/killed consistently from both …

I think you're making a fair point, that there's a value judgment going on there. But I also think it's a fair question why gender differences are such a huge focus right now, as compar…

What if we replaced the word "hostility" with "frustration?" Hostility places blame, but I sense frustration all around by people who all think they're standing up for an impo…

I guess this doesn't answer my question. What's the ask here? OP suggested this discussion was "incredibly distressing," I'm unclear if anybody is entertaining the notion th…

To get a little meta: I think discussions like these make progress, but very slow progress. I think the root of the issue for many people is more than factual at this point, it's become emotional…

I'm unclear if you're asking the community not to have a discussion because you don't want to read it? There's a way to hide posts you don't want to read, I do it all the time…

I'm not sure why you're posting that link here. In academia, no single study is treated as conclusive. For example, when scientists observed a 50% decrease in men's sperm count in the l…

You're absolutely right. One actual theory is that the culprit was lead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-crime_hypothesis …

I can't tell if you're playing devil's advocate here. I'll translate what the CTO was saying; "And in fact, for a very long time we resisted allowing people to filter by race—…

I wonder if this is a bot account posting this. 0 comments, and a bunch of random tech articles posted. Also a garbage article (site is laggy, ady, clunky). Doesn't succinctly explain why AI can&…

A few thoughts. 1. It's not been clearly established that gluten sensitivity doesn't exist. Even if current medicine hasn't established it, it's actually quite common for establish…

The key insight in this piece, I think, is that the moderation (manual, algorithmic, or otherwise) is the fundamental mechanism that shapes a platform. Reddit rewards upvotes but punishes "contro…

Well said. I credit that you've elevated this discussion out of the reductionism it has been started with. That said, I think if we are to approach the question of the FBI analytically/intel…

I'm not sure that explains why Chinese immigrants would be portrayed as victims less than hispanic immigrants, as just one example off the top of my head.

> Such a situation could never have come about without certain fundamental confusions having been firmly established, and these begin with language itself. Victims have traditionally been minority …

If you pretend simple economics is best representation of reality then this blog post is exactly on point, in a perfectly efficient market the value you earn for others is proportional to the profit y…

I really see merit in the toxic-tech culture part of this. I just question if the minority-centric part and toxic-tech part need to be presented intertwined.

My tip - don't. It's a demotion. The lowest-level manager has significantly more accountability than anybody else (i.e. most likely to be fired without 8 months notice a director would get) …

I'm not impressed by this. It presents all the standard management cliches (set expectations, have empathy, learn to delegate) without ever addressing the real, valid conflicts that are so common…

Maybe the answer is more transparency on the market value of the options. For example, if I get X options (common stock), it'd be nice to know the market value of those options [as of last fundin…

I don't see any merit to that other than as a cute irony. Joel criticizes twitter's forced summarization because it leads to oversimplification and resentment. I don't think he's a…

tl; dr: 1. Joel Spolsky, co-founder of stack-overflow, and well-known software commentator disavows twitter/facebook. 2. Theorizes that twitter's low-character limit leads to misunderstandin…

Well if his position is there are various real AI threats that need to be discussed and handled differently, then I'd agree with that position. However that's not how I read it, particularly…

Just a random op-ed (read: Rando with an opinion that happens to be under the auspices of NYT) that provides nothing new to the discussion. Poo-poos concerns of AIs influence on the economy and human …

I recommend everybody read the wikipedia article. Essentially the ozone is in a dynamic equilibrium - constantly degrading and constantly being created. When they say depletion, I believe they mean &q…

Absolutely. In my experience it's the non-technical (or pseudo-technical) internal recruiter who's the most common issue.