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I dont know why peoplehate meritocracy but i can say one thing for sure that communities/orgs dont encourage meritocracy go down the drain. I look for the best

I dont know why peoplehate meritocracy but i can say one thing for sure that communities/orgs dont encourage meritocracy go down the drain. I look for the best surgeon not someone with some race to do a surgery on me.

TameAntelope 4y ago
- al_mandi 4y ago
  Law of large numbers. Plus, getting into medical school is not sufficient. A surgeon cannot fake his track record and experience after residency and working.
  - TameAntelope 4y ago
    > A surgeon cannot fake his track record and experience after residency and working. Fake? No. Fudge? Yes, easily. Besides, you can be competent and still substantially worse than a gifted surgeon would have been had they been given an actual "equal" opportunity like the comment I replied to claimed to care about.
  - cudgy 4y ago
    Cannot fake? How about Dr Death and the doctors guild that protected him for years? https://allthatsinteresting.com/dr-death-christopher-duntsch https://allthatsinteresting.com/dr-death-christopher-duntsch
- xanaxagoras 4y ago
  > she's probably working a double shift at a grocery store Then she's not a surgeon
ffggvv 4y ago
they hate it because it doesn't produce the results they want. And instead of introspecting they want to blame the system itself. most arguments i see for affirmative action are on the face not logically consistent. but it feels more like the type of policy where people choose what action they want ahead of time and then desperately scramble for any justifications possible.
cudgy 4y ago
The main issue with meritocracy is how do you measure the level of merit? How does this singular focus upon a predetermined measurement and comparison of people affect society as a whole or social organizations within society? I believe it can result in hiveminds of similar people, since meritocracy is so focused on measuring and comparing based on a limited set of criteria. Over the long run, narrow groups of similar people do not make an innovative society.

TameAntelope 4y ago

al_mandi 4y ago
Law of large numbers. Plus, getting into medical school is not sufficient. A surgeon cannot fake his track record and experience after residency and working.
- TameAntelope 4y ago
  > A surgeon cannot fake his track record and experience after residency and working. Fake? No. Fudge? Yes, easily. Besides, you can be competent and still substantially worse than a gifted surgeon would have been had they been given an actual "equal" opportunity like the comment I replied to claimed to care about.
- cudgy 4y ago
  Cannot fake? How about Dr Death and the doctors guild that protected him for years? https://allthatsinteresting.com/dr-death-christopher-duntsch https://allthatsinteresting.com/dr-death-christopher-duntsch
xanaxagoras 4y ago
> she's probably working a double shift at a grocery store Then she's not a surgeon

ffggvv 4y ago

they hate it because it doesn't produce the results they want. And instead of introspecting they want to blame the system itself. most arguments i see for affirmative action are on the face not logically consistent. but it feels more like the type of policy where people choose what action they want ahead of time and then desperately scramble for any justifications possible.

cudgy 4y ago

The main issue with meritocracy is how do you measure the level of merit? How does this singular focus upon a predetermined measurement and comparison of people affect society as a whole or social organizations within society? I believe it can result in hiveminds of similar people, since meritocracy is so focused on measuring and comparing based on a limited set of criteria. Over the long run, narrow groups of similar people do not make an innovative society.