> Moreover this remark is totally stupid: women are as much likely to formulate a biased opinion than men.

Test, everyone 8s biased by their own experiences, but those biases are very _useful_, especially when coupled with the biases of those who has a rather different background. They allow others to see ideas they wouldn't have thought of leading to true synergy.

That's the point being made: not that another group of researchers would have been better, but that a diverse group would be preferred to a not diverse one.