Akula765
Akula765
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

“ Now, you could easily argue that I am statistically not the norm. And you would be right. So here’s a brief lesson in statistics…”

I’d point out that the author went out of the way to point out that he’s talking about statistical distributions, and that individuals shouldn’t be treated based on the statistical means of their groups. The original document (as opposed to what Gizmodo put out) also had some illustration to make that point more clearly.

The original document also linked to supporting sources for much of what the author was saying. He, and they, could be wrong. The science isn’t even remotely settled on this topic. But whether you agree with those conclusions or not, its just unfounded assumptions he’s pulled out of his rear end.

While its better to be assertive in one’s writing, maybe the author would have been better served couching these hypotheses as mere possibilities. Because that appears to be the broader point there. Many industries have trended strongly towards greater gender parity over the last 40 years. Tech hasn’t. It’s gone backwards in fact, despite the efforts of companies like Google. The steps taken to try and change this have been arguably unethical, and definitely ineffective. So maybe it really is an issue of most women just naturally not being interested. And maybe that’s because the inherent nature of the industry just isn’t appealing to most women. And most of all, maybe there’s something we can do to change that.