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https://hbr.org/2011/06/defend-your-research-what-makes-a-te...

FWIW, while I don't have citations handy, I definitely remember reading several things over the last few years mentioning research showing that teams that are more diverse tend to make better decisions. Now if you're overly cynical, you can think whatever you want about that research or whatever... but it does exist, at least to some extent.

If you had to choose a heart surgeon, would you do so based on their skill or on their skin color?

If heart surgery were a project performed by dozens of people over an extended period of time, then it would be better to have a more diverse group of people for better overall outcomes.

But since you're talking about choosing one heart surgeon for a procedure that takes a few hours, the analogy is flawed and doesn't really apply to the discussion.

That has nothing whatsoever to do with the question at hand.

Here's what can go wrong if you don't have a variety of viewpoints into your decision-making process: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/technology/smart-home-dev...