I think a lot of people have some intuition that Berkson’s paradox is at work and that’s where the disadvantage comes in. If skill and attractiveness are unrel

I think a lot of people have some intuition that Berkson’s paradox is at work and that’s where the disadvantage comes in. If skill and attractiveness are unrelated but there’s a filter process at some point that only lets people through if they’re hot OR talented, you’ll see a negative relationship between skill and attractiveness after the filter. the prosecutor example is interesting because it suggests that either thats not happening