You misunderstand. I&#x27;m not making a statement on the cause of the gender disparity in computer science. I&#x27;m making a higher-order argument about why we&#x27;re so apt to attribute this difference to discrimination. I hope you understand the distinction even if you disagree with my argument.<p>The idea is that <i>if</i> you believe that humans have no innate differences and you observe group differences, then you <i>must</i> attribute these group differences to external discrimination, and hence injustice.<p>If you accept that groups of humans might have innate differences, you are no longer required to attribute group differences to discrimination. Some group differences might arise from discrimination, but it&#x27;s plausible that they might not.<p>A lot of people take it as an article of faith that there are no human group differences, so they&#x27;re forced to look for discrimination in order to explain the world. For these people, no amount of evidence can prove the fairness of the CS world, since the idea that (gender disparity -&gt; discrimination) is a necessary logical consequence of their worldview.