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Common sense informs what hypothesis to test and what axioms to accept. Putting common sense aside, a 25X lower likelihood of shooting unarmed black suspects i
by CryptoPunk 6y ago
Common sense informs what hypothesis to test and what axioms to accept.
Putting common sense aside, a 25X lower likelihood of shooting unarmed black suspects in the experiment suggests massive bias in favor of black suspects.
- vidarh 6y agoAssuming it suggests bias in favor of black suspects is assuming a hell of a lot about the accuracy of the simulation relative to real life and whether or not it captures bias or peoples beliefs about how they are expected to act or changes to e.g. fear levels, that are not supported (it's also not contradicted - there's as far as I can tell no data either way) by the experiment in question. All it tells us in isolation is that this is how a set of people in current society acts in a simulation of that kind. It does not tell us why, and trying to draw conclusions about why without further experiments is irresponsible.
- CryptoPunk 6y agoThe experiment would have to be flawed to an absurd degree for the findings to not be an indication of bias in favor of black suspects. Even multiple minor/medium sized flaws in the experimental design that produce black favoritism not reflected in real world behavior wouldn't in the aggregate account for producing a 25 times exaggeration of bias. The bias is undoubtedly there.