Comments by "Marc Jones" (@QT5656) on "Math's Fundamental Flaw" video.

Turing is an excellent example of why "diversity and inclusion" is important.
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@noellundstrom7447 no, I'm not implying that at all but perhaps you are now implying that "he didn't need to be gay" or that he was a genius "despite being gay". 🙄
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@igorchistyakov8876 are you seriously advocating "don't ask don't tell"? 🤔
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@igorchistyakov8876 So you are confusing "diversity and inclusion" with "positive discrimination". Positive discrimination is illegal in the UK so even if a private company wanted to hire someone from a minority group regardless of competence or merit (e.g. to promote their brand in the market among young progressives) the government wouldn't allow them to. "diversity and inclusion" is a strategy that many private companies and universities voluntarily choose to adopt because of the wide ranging benefits that it promotes (e.g. a 2018 McKinsey report shows that greater diversity in the workforce is associated with greater productivity and profitability). There are many underlying reason why, e.g.: 1. 50 years ago universities and private companies would generally select their staff from a more limited pool of people (e.g. mainly middle class white men). Nowadays a staff are selected from a wider pool of people. A wider range of people, including women of course, have the opportunity, and feel welcome to apply. Therefore, the number of particularly capable individuals with merit to chose from will be greater in absolute terms. There are many exceptional scientists today that wouldn't have been part of the candidate pool 50 years ago. 2. Everyone is different and appreciating those differences can establish a greater sense of belonging in a workforce. Had "diversity and inclusion" been around when Turing was alive he could've got on with his work without living in fear. 3. For leaders, understanding the diversity of your team enables greater empathy, trust, and leadership with your staff. By contrast traditional top-down approaches rely on compliance rather than commitment. 4. Diverse teams have diverse experiences and skills and that allows them to deal with a greater variety of problems. In an increasingly complex and globalised world that is a huge plus. 5. Diversity and inclusion training improves communication something which is particularly important to some industries, commercial airlines. There has been more than one plane crash because of miscommunication between staff members from different social echelons.
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@noellundstrom7447 good for you.
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