[ekianjo]

> You're putting the cart before the horse. This is a private company's data, not any specific recommendation for government action.

The federal government (and potentially individual States too) has been active for years to enforce quota in various domains to reduce "discrimination". Of course companies feel the pressure to do something about it, because if they don't, they may be targeted next in terms of Employment Laws.

> Second, any social science work includes some degree of bias because we're not all robots. Saying no possible conclusions can be drawn from demographic data is unscientific and akin to global warming denial.

A proper social study should always lead to further studies unless you are crystal clear on how to read the data out. Because "we are not robots", the explanations are not always simple and it's not JUST because there's racism or discrimination that there are differences in who gets what job. It's just like if you were saying that there's racism against white people among construction workers, because most of them are not white. This would be missing the entire point because you'd be focused on the numbers instead of trying to understand why it is so and what are the incentives in place.

So yeah, most "demography data based conclusions" are rubbish because they do not focus on explaining the individuals behaviors and what's in it for each of them. And yeah, global warming is actually very similar: data is sparse, grossly extrapolated, and used as a political agenda and a source of new taxes. Global Warming may be happening, but certainly not as fast as Al Gore wanted us to believe, and whether CO2 is the real culprit is another matter for discussion. But that's a whole other topic not relevant to the point discussed here.