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by thatthatis 4597 days ago
You're responding almost entirely to things I didn't say.

> Research and data might make people feel bad, and not making people feel bad is obviously way more important than increasing knowledge.

Not what I said at all, I said the standard for proof should be extremely high. High standards for proof != don't do research (though I admit I should have said so more clearly as I used the example of Summers without condemning what happened to him. He shouldn't have been drummed out for asking the questions.)

> We can discontinue this policy when there is a 50/50 gender split among all STEM workers, educators, and investors.

I assumed that the word "reasonable" was implied in what I was saying. But you're right, some people might propose absurd attempts to bring things in line.

> 1+1=3. Doesn't matter if you can prove that 1+1=2.

First of all, I was commenting on the standard by which we should accept 1+1=3, and which of the two (1+1=3 or 1+1=2) should be our acting hypothesis until we know.

Secondly, I said we should act as if differences are due to bias _until long after_. I was arguing for the default standard, and when it would be acceptable to change the standard. I never said never.

> Yep, unimaginable catastrophes.

Are you actually ignorant of the human history of genocide, dismissal of female person-hood, and racially driven slavery?