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"does that mean black people are more suited to be piano players" Maybe I'm misunderstanding things, but if some statistical factor was identified with predict
by humank 9y ago
"does that mean black people are more suited to be piano players"
Maybe I'm misunderstanding things, but if some statistical factor was identified with predictive power, does that not literally mean that generally they'd be more suited to be piano players?
This isn't some argument about philosophically what constitutes a piano player. If this were true, you'd expect on average that this group has a higher proportion of piano players, and you could say heuristically that, yes, they are more suited to be piano players.
Caveat: this does not necessarily mean you should base decisions solely off of whether they belong to the group, as it depends on how strong said predictor actually is.
- owebmaster 9y agoIt is because some people do the mental gymnastics of separate biology, sociology, culture. But the reality is that these boundaries are virtual. Black people (which I'm) are more likely to become succesful rappers. It doesn't matter if it is because of biology or culture, it is.
- xorcist 9y ago> does that not literally mean that generally they'd be more suited to be piano players? Depending on exactly what you mean by "predictive". You can identify someone as more likely to be a piano player while the person may not be more suited to be one. The example was meant to be illustrative of a confounding effect, but perhaps a better one could have been chosen.