[OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

[Peter Baumann]

+1 for every word in Jonathan's excellently worded message. Science at its heart
is open (!) to any and all provable insights (and even conjectures expressed,
and all of that may be disproven of course), which works only if not driven by
dogmas wiping out unwanted results upfront as "wrong conclusions probably
because bias of the researchers".

-Peter



On 11.08.2018 23:34, Jonathan Moules wrote:
>> Let me tell you something: having legal rights doesn't mean you have
>> equal opportunities. Those studies are falling into the wrong
>> conclusions probably because bias of the researchers.
>
> Apologies, but that's a general dismissal of a peer-reviewed scientific paper,
> seemingly because you don't like the result. That's not how science works. If
> there is a problem with the paper (and most papers have a few quirks) I would
> suggest the correct way to refute it is to start by pointing out the
> methodological and/or statistical flaws, not dismissing it out of hand. If
> done thoroughly enough you can probably get a subsequent paper published via
> peer-review with some other experts in the field that refutes it which is
> usually good for career prospects.
> Like you I would have expected more women to choose STEM given the
> opportunity, but apparently they do the opposite and so I've updated my
> world-view accordingly to fit the facts. As the saying goes: You're welcome to
> your own opinions, but facts are facts.
>
> Anyway, we're heading off-topic. I was originally simply pointing out that Dar
> doesn't have gender diversity in the keynotes either (a point I maintain), and
> I question the unfounded assertion that 50% females in the
> industry/speakers/etc is something that is feasible given the research on
> female career preferences. I'll leave it at that.
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
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