We have one here. No classic education and doesn’t understand theory. Just a code slinger.
As the mother of a 27 year old young man, I have long been concerned about the wussification of our Society. It is really hard to fight the whole culture, but Vox does a good job trying. We need more people like him and Mike Adams to get out there and expose the gross underbelly of the feminist crazies without fear or trepidation. Come on, Guys - go for it! We need you back in the game...
Ouch!
And we need more women in Science. Send more women immediately! Well Trained, hard working, and hopefully good looking women. We need more. We have lots, but can always use more.
That being said, quotas are stupid. And if women are discriminated against in academia it is discrimination mostly perpetuated BY women (most teachers are women) and apparently they don't do a very good job of it (women get higher grades, more go on to college, and more are awarded degrees; despite them not testing as well for ‘intelligence’).
I blame the job market, and the testing environment propagated by Microsoft, Cisco, et al. Without sounding TOO much like an old codger, I can remember when you had to understand how a computer worked to program it, and even more so to repair them.
Now, Microsoft is spitting out Engineers by the thousand. Some are sharp, sure, but many just have a good understanding of how to take tests. I interviewed one "instant Engineer" that went to a boot camp to get his Certification. Fine and Dandy - but when I started quizzing him about computers it was obvious that he would have a hard time recognizing one. Furthermore, I asked him about the internet - he was "Familiar with it, but hadn't been on it yet."
Thus, everyone posting here at FR is more qualified than this putz. He DOES have the all-powerful Microsoft cert though, and will be able to use it to bluff his way past some uninformed HR person.
Anyhoo - the point to my rant, if there is one, is that while equality-at-any-cost feminists are certainly doing their part to destroy science, industry isn't helping any.
Finally, if I may be so bold, in looking at the average business - observe closely who's doing what. For now at least, if you look at any company, there aren't too many equality-at-any-cost feminists at the sharp end of the stick. They're all in nice safe places like HR, Marketing, and Corporate Training - where they can't do too much damage, and where the execs can point at them and say "See How Diverse We Are!!".
When things go south (tech stuff, sales, etc) execs just want the problem fixed and don't CARE about the touchy-feely stuff. I don't think that I've ever met a C-level exec who said "Wow! Our Sales are down, but isn't it great that our sales force is Muticultural!!!". Nope - they just do what it takes to keep the revenue coming in, and don't care if the people are male or female, black, white or green.
Looks like an editorial on this FR post:
Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man [Science and Title IX]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983786/posts?page=45#45
Which was written by a woman, for any gender bean counters out there.
Writes well and I enjoy reading him. Strange hair...
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Drop Title IX Suits
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