pointeroffact

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by pointeroffact 11y ago
the extremely poor quality of this study and the irresponsible PR campaign that has accompanied it is enough reason not to take him seriously.
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
this follows directly from what she said.
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
the point is that holistic can be easily used as a cover for race based discrimination and that this is what is happening at harvard and elite universities. when you look at the quantitative disadvantage for asian applicants in terms of SAT
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
this can be corrected for to some extent by weighting exam scores based on school/region/socioeconomic status. that would be fairer and more transparent than the current system used by elite universities in america. the ability to
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
in other words, use unclear and vague criteria to judge admissions that just happen to massively disadvantage asian americans. it's strange that Faust is not condemned for her absurd and racist suggestion that asian american applicants
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
perhaps michael wang fell short in terms of extracurricular achievements (though this is unlikely given information provided in the article). but this is unlikely to be true of all asian candidates as a group. serious questions need to be a
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
perhaps i am missing something, but it looks like this just highlights two very common and easy to define types of error. how much practical value is there in this? Has this not been done before?
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by pointeroffact 11y ago
the person you are talking to is taleb himself. he pops up all over the internet when he is criticized and gives these very... terse responses.