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Re:A Way to Detect Bias by rewqfdsa on Saturday October 31, 2015 @08:10PM (#10484823)
The baseball game in the image wouldn't be worth if equality of outcome were the rule for baseball team tryouts. The entire game is based on fair competition under the rules pushing participants toward excellence.

Inequality of outcome is the entire reason we see baseball played at a high level. When you demand equality of outcome regardless of talent or effort, you're asking for society to stagnate. You're asking for pervasive mediocrity. You're asking for us to kill effort and motivation. No thanks.

Re:A Way to Detect Bias by pygy_ on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:16PM (#10485283)
You're beating a straw man. He said in some circumstances.
Re:A Way to Detect Bias by rewqfdsa on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:44PM (#10485338)
Yet he didn't list any or describe any criteria for evaluating them. The "in some circumstances" bit was just a way to weasel out of potential objections.
Re:A Way to Detect Bias by pygy_ on Sunday November 01, 2015 @04:23PM (#10488370)
I thought the example was pretty obvious.