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"In January, James Damore, the engineer who was fired after writing a screed against Google’s diversity efforts..."

Aaaand, done.

Any article that characterizes Damore's memo that way, and most of them do, is misinformation at best. Charitably, such a statement could only be written by someone who either didn't read Damore's memo, or believes they can somehow discern Damore's "real" intent despite his saying exactly the opposite.

Wired is tired.

The following phrase from James Damore's memo is worth repeating:

"Hiring practices which can effectively lower the bar for "diversity" candidates by decreasing the false negative rate"

https://firedfortruth.com/

This is what Google spokesperson means by "We have a clear policy to hire candidates based on their merit, not their identity".

I've heard that the comparative false negative rates among different racial groups was higher than the rate for white applicants. I don't have any sources to back that up though, I'd be interested to see any (regardless of what conclusions they support). I have a feeling that any such data is not public though.

Previously:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16504820

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16500974

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16497551

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