My friend got fired for saying this... your thoughts?

[Lawlight]

Norris2k said:

Lawlight said:

And I worked in diverse teams that were horrible. Conversely, I've worked in great teams that were pretty homogeneous in either age or gender. Truth is that all depends on the individuals and not their race, gender or age.

Fair enough, diversity is not any kind of guarantee. But as far as I saw, and as far as I can think, it lowers tension a lot more than talent and skill (in corporate world anyway, where it's less about speed than meeting, egos, specification, long design phases, extra time, etc.). I mean, just spending 10 hours a day for months without ever seeing a girl, it's a little bit strange, isn't it ? Lot of people with talent I saw tend to be angry and stubborn, it also good to have followers, lesser talent eager to learn. Diversity is also about profiles.

Seems to me that you're saying that minorities and women are more humble than white males. I mean why else would you say that diversity lowers tension more?