On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:13 AM, Peter Baumann <p.baum...@jacobs-university.de> wrote: > +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 >
I'm starting to wonder if you at least tried to open my links. You got a biased research result and hold onto that not wanting to see that evidence points in another direction. That's not what open science is. > > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- > Dr. Peter Baumann > - Professor of Computer Science, Jacobs University Bremen > www.faculty.jacobs-university.de/pbaumann > mail: p.baum...@jacobs-university.de > tel: +49-421-200-3178, fax: +49-421-200-493178 > - Executive Director, rasdaman GmbH Bremen (HRB 26793) > www.rasdaman.com, mail: baum...@rasdaman.com > tel: 0800-rasdaman, fax: 0800-rasdafax, mobile: +49-173-5837882 > "Si forte in alienas manus oberraverit hec peregrina epistola incertis ventis > dimissa, sed Deo commendata, precamur ut ei reddatur cui soli destinata, nec > preripiat quisquam non sibi parata." (mail disclaimer, AD 1083) > > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
