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Accepting that we all have implicit bias but saying that it doesn't play a significant role in who YC accepts seems to suggest that the YC application review pr
by cfield 12y ago
Accepting that we all have implicit bias but saying that it doesn't play a significant role in who YC accepts seems to suggest that the YC application review process is able to overcome implicit bias. This may be true to some degree because of the number of steps and people involved in reviewing applications. However, I'm skeptical that it's so effective that it makes bias play an insignificant role.
- meowface 12y agoI think it's unfair to assume that bias plays a role simply based on the truism of "we all have implicit bias". YC is run by a good group of intelligent people who are very aware of such biases.