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I found what I think is a flaw in the "picking the attractive" examples mentioned in the article - Why exactly is it not rational to pick/vote people based (amo
by greyman 18y ago
I found what I think is a flaw in the "picking the attractive" examples mentioned in the article - Why exactly is it not rational to pick/vote people based (among other criteria) on their attractiveness? I am not saying I know the answer, but assuming something is not rational, without rational arguments - even if it looks obvious - is exactly what the article wants to criticize. ;-)
- narag 18y agoThe article doesn't say that hiring attractive persons is wrong The article says, or at least that's what I understood, that people hired attractive persons not knowing why.
- dusklight 18y agoanother point -- correlation != causation. Just because pretty people tend to get it easier does not mean that being pretty is what causes them to get it easier. Perhaps it is some other factor that causes both the prettiness and the ability to get preferential treatment. This is very likely if you think about it, because attractiveness is for most people not a matter of luck or genetics but something that people actively put work into achieving.