Where is Google's rebuttal of this memo? All anyone is saying is "it's wrong" etc, but where is an ACTUAL breakdown of what was incorrect about what he wrote?
I feel like most "rebuttal's" are like listening to Donald Trump. "He's wrong and we're right. We're definitely right.".
I agree - the discussion around this topic is very frustrating (more frustrating to me than the actual content of the manifesto by far), and everyone's trying to make it so black and white.
I think the current top comment has it right; it makes good points (there are statistical differences in traits across genders), it makes bad points (the wage gap...just doesn't work like that), and it contains some really bad non-sequitur conclusions (measure how a person leads on the outputs of their team, not how "assertive" or "technical" they are).
I found that rebuttal less that satisfying, to say the least, given his #1 bullet point:
"1.I’m not going to spend any length of time on (1); if anyone wishes to provide details as to how nearly every statement about gender in that entire document is actively incorrect,¹ and flies directly in the face of all research done in the field for decades, they should go for it. But I am neither a biologist, a psychologist, nor a sociologist, so I’ll leave that to someone else."
But... that's exactly what I keep hoping to find, and have yet to really see - and its the thing people, in all their breathless responses, seem to excuse themselves first from undertaking.
The rest of his reply are really expositions about his own value judgements on empathy and politics.
I would find it highly educational and valuable, if someone who is more learned on these matters than I, would offer a good blow-by-blow factual rebuttal to the "manifesto".
More empiricism and less moralizing would be a breath of fresh air.
I saw this medium post before writing my comment above. As the other reply alludes to, I believe that article is actually an incredibly poor rebuttal (I wouldn't even call it that) e.g. "not only was nearly everything you said in that document wrong" - this is not an argument, but merely an opinion.
I feel like most "rebuttal's" are like listening to Donald Trump. "He's wrong and we're right. We're definitely right.".
If you do have a link, please share!