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Aren't you just pointing out the symptom instead of the real problem we need to be tackling? > The same group(s) facing discrimination at the employment point

• tomrod 8y ago
  It is being pointed out, but it's not solely pointing out the symptom. The goal of Helsinki here is to make the hiring decision independent of direct factors they blind themselves to (name, sex, etc.). However, the factors they condition on (education, experience) are impacted by these factors, so the hiring decision won't be independent of the factors. The "best" thing to do is to correct the inherent bias, as you're pointing out as the real problem. We agree. This isn't something Helsinki can do in a vacuum, so if they want to achieve their goal of true "blindness" to the above factors, they have to take into account their impact on their "seen" factors somehow. I put the formalized model I have in mind in another comment on this thread, which walks through my thought process here.[0] [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18548270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18548270