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DalaiObama

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    Comment #15023683

    I think of it as participating in these kind of discussions without risking my career. But I hear what you're saying, and I agree that this post was needlessly confrontational. I'l…

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    Comment #15022942

    So if you argue against Google's diversity policies, you're fine as long as you write on par with one of the greatest writers of his generation¹. If you argue for it, you can get a…

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    Comment #14954258

    By that logic anyone criticizing a company's hiring practices must be fired. If someone claims their employer discriminates against black candidates, you must equally infer they th…

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    Comment #14943446

    This is known as Lewontin's Fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewon...

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    Comment #14943057

    > The current fashion is that there are basically NO biological sex-type differences; that any sex-type differences are socially imposed and generally disadvantageous to women. It'…

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    Comment #14942302

    "Stereotype threat" isn't doing well in replication. https://replicationindex.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/hidden-fig... Money quote: "Research on stereotype threat and women’s perform…

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    Comment #14938814

    Have you tried actually disagreeing with leftists? Many can handle it fine and have a decent discussion. But many will explode in self righteous rage and do all the things people b…

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    Comment #14938517

    When extremely powerful people like that lose their jobs, everyone else gets the message.

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    Comment #13972281

    It's pretty fantastic in these hyper sensitive times that unions get away with calling poor working people rats!

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    Comment #13733409

    If you pick your starting assumption, you can reach any conclusion you desire.