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Talk about stereotyping! This headline is no better than "how can you tell if someone is a criminal? Look at their skin colour". Correlations in large popula
by cperciva 10y ago
Talk about stereotyping! This headline is no better than "how can you tell if someone is a criminal? Look at their skin colour".
Correlations in large populations do not mean that every individual shares the identified characteristics. I find it absolutely shocking that a paper at the level of the Washington Post would publish such drivel.
- rhaps0dy 10y agoIt's exactly a stereotype. AKA weak bayesian evidence for a characteristic based on other, easier to measure, characteristics. EDIT: I thought the result was going to be exactly the opposite before I made this comment. My first impulse was to go and delete it. I'll leave figuring out implications of such biases in reasoning as an exercise to the reader :(
- uola 10y agoSocioeconomic status is an important factor in how we behave. The argument here is that people with more money are less kind because having more money makes them less kind. Unless you're making a specific argument were someones skin color is the prime factor in making someone more criminal that statement isn't factually correct. So no, it's not the same thing, but your frequent rhetorical outrage is noted.
- kahirsch 10y agoRich people are also taller than poor people, on average, but how silly would it be to write "How can you tell if someone is tall? Ask how rich they are." The research is about average differences in people's empathy correlated with their education and socioeconomic status. The headline is talking about judging individuals based on their socioeconomic status.
- musha68k 10y agoHave you read the whole article?