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I would hope that on Hacker News it could be recognized that computer science has a bit of a higher position in society than the 100-meter Olympic dash.

Not to mention the relative sample sizes involved, or the methods by which quality is determined.

Basically, this comparison is nonsensical.

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Fine, change "100-meter olympic dash" to "professional athlete in the USA". Sample size is sufficient (NBA+NFL+NHL+MLB comprise of 3000+ players), athletes hold a much higher position in society than computer scientists, and quality is easy to determine (# of wins, points, rebounds, interceptions, etc). Number of japanese trans-men in pro-sports in the US: 0, afaik. We need to tackle this issue as a nation, immediately.

Programming ability is not determined by biology, try again.

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