20-11-2017 13:34 via rss.slashdot.org

Critics Debate Autism's Role in James Damore's Google Memo

James Damore "wants you to know he isn't using autism as an excuse," reports a Silicon Valley newspaper, commenting on the fired Google engineer's new interview with the Guardian. But they also note that "he says being on the spectrum means he 'sees things differently'," and the weekend editor at the entertainment and "geek culture" site The Mary Sue sees a problem in the way that interview was framed.It's the author of this Guardian article, not James Damore himself, who makes the harmful sugge
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