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• WalterGR 4y ago
  Looking at the heading of the graphic, it's just Harvard. I want to know "how far away from academics most college admissions have strayed". What even is that chart supposed to demonstrate?
  • cato_the_elder 4y ago
    The data is due to a lawsuit against Harvard, and I'm not aware of comparable data for other universities. But do you think Harvard is unique in that regard? Probably not. > What even is that chart supposed to demonstrate? The extent of affirmative action?
  • car_analogy 4y ago
    > it's just Harvard Since other colleges mouth the same platitudes about the benefits of diversity and the systemic racism they must atone for, Occam's razor demands we assume their admissions are similar unless proven otherwise.
    • WalterGR 4y ago
      That's not how evidence works.
      • cato_the_elder 4y ago
        That's not how fruitful discussions work.
        • WalterGR 4y ago
          If we disagree on what fundamental concepts such as "evidence" and "assertion" mean, and disagree on how burden of proof works, then we wouldn't be having a discussion so much as writing words at each other. Have a good day / night.
      • car_analogy 4y ago
        You'd like your assertion to be assumed true, and mine to be assumed false until proven beyond reasonable doubt?