Wow, this is getting heated. I reply to only some of your points for conciseness.
On Tue, 30 Jan 2018, at 2:58 PM, Mario Xerxes Castelán Castro wrote: > No, [female participation] is not “problematically” low. What “problems” does > it bring for “computer science”? none A lack of diversity is not necessarily a "problem", but a more diverse community tends to lead to more diverse scientific ideas, which (I think) accelerates the quest for truth and good technology that science is all about. > Through history, men as group have shown higher intellectual success than > women. [...] Thus the claim that both sexes are “equal” with respect to > intellectual capability has lost its credibility. To summarise: you feel that women are intrinsically less smart, right? I do not consider myself an ultraliberal. I both agree with some points of the left-wing party in my country as with the right-wing party, and definitely both parties are also wrong about some things. You may well be right that some groups of people have, given equal chances, had less "performance" by some metrics. And I do agree that there should be some limit on programs to "bring everyone up to the same level", although I don't know where that limit should be. But I think nobody deserves prejudice against them on the basis of the history of a group of people they belong to. And I am happy to make a small effort to be less prejudiced and to make it explicit that both genders are welcome. > It is [ultraliberals] who must accept reality I don't know what you mean by "accept reality". Cheers, Bram ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ hol-info mailing list hol-info@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hol-info
