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> Because that knowledge tells you absolutely nothing about any given individual. You can't know the heart of any man: all you can do is make predictions about
by wtbob 10y ago
> Because that knowledge tells you absolutely nothing about any given individual.
You can't know the heart of any man: all you can do is make predictions about how he will behave under various circumstances, based on the observations you have made of his behaviour so far. To ignore an observation with strong statistical power because you don't like it is simply unscientific.
- peteretep 10y ago> based on the observations > you have made of his > behaviour so far That's what interviews and resumes are for. I would be interested to know how you would practically hire for race while not being hit by the halo effect for one race on one hand, and not missing strong candidates through racism on the other.