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Are generalizations really not allowed? Do we have to handicap our brains? I actually worked for the progressives and saw campaign analytics first-hand. It was
by fixxer 11y ago
Are generalizations really not allowed? Do we have to handicap our brains?
I actually worked for the progressives and saw campaign analytics first-hand. It was one of the most racist things I've seen.
And it works.
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- fixxer 11y agoWell, ideally you can observe behavior for a large group of people and tie that back to observable characteristics (i.e. "black", "poor", "urban"). Then you can project characteristics from a new population onto unobservable behaviors (i.e. support a candidate). Pretty simple. Pretty effective. EDIT: I've actually seen "race-from-name" models. Jamaal would totally be black. Despite a lone white Jamaal, I'd still use that model.
- numeromancer 11y agoOk, quick: see me as an individual. You have 5 seconds. Note: Don't draw any conclusions about me that are based only on what little you know about me. You cannot, eg, draw conclusions upon that fact that I have an account on Hacker News. You must see me as an individual.
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- fixxer 11y agoI suggest not pursuing "data science" as a career.
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- JoeAltmaier 11y agoE.g. the average person has one testicle and one ovary.
- numeromancer 11y agoBetter stay on the backroads when you drive. And don't try crossing the street without help from a grown-up.
- TeMPOraL 11y agoBecause brains don't have enough processing power not to generalize. You wouldn't be able to leave your house if you didn't use heuristics for inference all the time.
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- icebraining 11y agoDo you ask every single person you meet if they speak the local language? That must get tiring. Or do you generalize and assume that people in a certain country by and large speak that country's language?
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- icebraining 11y agoI think you're conflating generalizing with discriminating. If you speak a certain English based on a guess informed by unrelated characteristics, you are generalizing. You created a group in your mind of people who have certain characteristics and speak a certain English, and put the person there.
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