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by andrewprock 3081 days ago
Given that there is no known mechanism, characterizing it as "the opposite of speculative" seems rather naive.
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Sorry, I can't parse this. Are you saying that until we have a complete understanding of how the brain and mind work, all psychological research is essentially worthless?
On the contrary, I'm saying that speculative research probably isn't suitable for crafting HR policies.
So you agree with James. Glad we could clear that up.

Background: there is little to no evidence for the assertion that discrimination/oppression is the sole cause of the under-representation of women in tech, but that assertion is the basis of the HR policies that Damore criticized. In fact, the evidence that it is even a contributing factor is at best scant/anecdotal.

The evidence that Damore cited is incomparably more solid.