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[–] Girthcontrol 0 points 40 points (+40|-0) ago 

The Microsoft author echoes former Google employee James Damore, who in 2017 wrote a memo that went internally viral at Google, leaning on pseudoscience to argue that women aren’t cut out for the tech industry. Damore was fired for breaching the company’s code of conduct amid enormous public and internal controversy, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote in a memo that the firing was due to “advancing harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.”

"leaning on pseudoscience"

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[–] Intrixina 1 point 20 points (+21|-1) ago 

Pseudoscience? Women generally are not cut out for the tech industry. It is a fact.

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[–] Pwning4Ever 0 points 23 points (+23|-0) ago 

Damore never said women are not cut out for engineering. He said there are biological reasons why men prefer systems(engineering) and women prefer socializing jobs (nursing)

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[–] CowWithBeef 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

That's not even Damore's argument so maybe that's why it's psuedoscience?

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[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 12 points (+12|-0) ago 

Pseudoscience = something that sounds convincing but with which I disagree on personal grounds

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[–] Zoldam 4 points -2 points (+2|-4) ago 

Pseudo = False

False Science

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[–] middle_path 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

It must have gone viral because no one agreed with it /s.

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[–] 18128243? 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

it most certainly was not pseudoscience. I have yet to see one of the journals retract any of his citations.