[AUDIO FIXED] The Truth Cannot be Sexist - Steven Pinker on the biology of sex differences
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An excerpt of the 2005 Harvard debate in which Steven Pinker gives his prepared case on biological sex differences and the under-representation of women in science. It covers cross-cultural patterns in preferences and abilities and the overlap between male and female distributions.
Why HN recommends it: Pointed to repeatedly in gender-in-tech threads, especially around the Google memo, as a science-based treatment of sex differences.
“I found it to be an excellent pre-existing discussion of the merits of the memo.” Read on HN ↗