> And many, including myself, would argue that nepotism as flawed as it is, is still superior to random selection. That's an unsupported claim, not an argument

> And many, including myself, would argue that nepotism as flawed as it is, is still superior to random selection. That's an unsupported claim, not an argument. :-) In any case, if people want to argue in favor of nepotism, then I don't want to hear another word about "meritocracy".