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Harvard Accused of Discrimination Against Asian-Americans

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Lana Reverse:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html

Leaving aside the racism allegations, the whole idea that people can be ranked on their personality (as perceived by an admissions officer) is bizarre. You might as well just check a box for "hot or not".

dpareja:

--- Quote from: Lana Reverse on June 15, 2018, 10:37:30 pm ---https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/15/us/harvard-asian-enrollment-applicants.html

Leaving aside the racism allegations, the whole idea that people can be ranked on their personality (as perceived by an admissions officer) is bizarre. You might as well just check a box for "hot or not".

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Yeah, but the President does that, so it's not illegal. :P :P

RavynousHunter:
Pfft, silly Lana, thinking we'd leave the determination of "hot or not" to fallible, biased humans.  That's why we developed neural networks.

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