He said, quite specifically, that we should judge people as individuals and not based on group averages. However, when differences in group averages exist and there is supporting evidence for them (which is the case here), we should at least be aware of them if we want to actually increase diversity in an effective way.
well, google doesn't hire "average" people, so I don't quite get how people intend to apply extremely dubious group average descriptions to a wildly non-average group of people, and still call themselves "scientists" or "objective".
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He said, quite specifically, that we should judge people as individuals and not based on group averages. However, when differences in group averages exist and there is supporting evidence for them (which is the case here), we should at least be aware of them if we want to actually increase diversity in an effective way.
well, google doesn't hire "average" people, so I don't quite get how people intend to apply extremely dubious group average descriptions to a wildly non-average group of people, and still call themselves "scientists" or "objective".