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The person above wrote that there exists in a subset of engineers that have 20 years of experience, a group of engineers that are not better than engineers in a
by gammateam 8y ago
The person above wrote that there exists in a subset of engineers that have 20 years of experience, a group of engineers that are not better than engineers in a subset that have 2 years of experience
It was offering perspective, not a blanket statement about the entire set
That isn't ageism.
- bduerst 8y agoAgain, there are outliers in a normalized population. Assuming that it's an entire subset without evidence is bias, i.e. ageism. Simply being a perspective doesn't shield it from being biased.
- gammateam 8y agoWhat form of evidence would you like? I don't see the difference with the exact opposite of the statement (ie. that some engineers with more work experience are in fact better than others with less work experience), aside from the potential novelty. How would you prove that statement, so that someone else could prove the opposite. Are you saying that in outliers shouldn't be considered at all, when they are in fact a subset of a population? If so then you missed the point that someone above was talking about outliers and that was the only observation made. Alternatively, is your stance that there is no difference to claim something is ageism if it is directed at an older population or a younger population? that noticing that older experienced engineers would also fit the criteria for ageism against a younger population making this whole conversation moot?