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by matt-snider 2374 days ago
I think you must have missed it because the author mentions several times that it is more important to evaluate the individual.

Here:

> First and foremost, I think this requires a recognition that none of the findings I presented in this article, nor any findings that will ever come out-- justifies individual discrimination. We should treat all people as unique individuals first and foremost.

Here:

> I am a strong believer that individual differences are more important than sex differences.

And here, on the topic of male-female classification based on whole brain data:

> In fact, some recent studies using the most sophisticated techniques have consistently found greater than 90% accuracy rates looking at whole brain data. While this level of prediction is definitely not perfect-- and by no means do those findings justify individual stereotyping or discrimination-- that's really high accuracy as far science goes.

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No, I didn't miss any of those remarks. But I did note they were drowned in rhetoric to the opposite. I could go further, but I'd be just repeating things I've said in other comments.