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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by optforfon on Sunday May 29, 2016 @06:21AM (#11795817)
Yeah and white people are worse than asians at math and blacks are more likely to rob your store

The fact that there are still people that don't understand discrimination in this day and age is infuriating. If you think your interview candidate is potentially senile then you should screen for senility and not lump people based on statistical averages for whatever pigeon holes your constructed for them. People need a chance to surpass whatever stereotypes you hold even if they're based on statistically facts.

Not only is it down right illegal, it what perpetuates discrimination and causes so many of our social problems

PS: I'm sorry this is off topic, but this is a very important issue - and simplistic narrow minded thinking like this needs to be pointed out for the common good

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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by ivanca on Sunday May 29, 2016 @06:36AM (#11795855)
No. Please no. It would be like screening 70 year old women for stripper roles. Yeah, maybe one of them is attractive to mass public, but still it doesn't make any sense, because the costs of screening all candidates is much higher than preselection. And if you have a problem with that then capitalism is your enemy, not "ageism".
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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by mindcrime on Sunday May 29, 2016 @07:14AM (#11795945)
but still it doesn't make any sense, because the costs of screening all candidates is much higher than preselection

The cost of screening 70 year old stripper candidates depends on how many such candidates their are to begin with. I doubt there are many, because the candidates select themselves out.

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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by ivanca on Sunday May 29, 2016 @11:47PM (#11799445)
Exactly, they preselect themselves out. But what happens when they don't? Someone has to preselect them out, correct?
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Re:Boston Dynamics employees were frustrated by Google's pla... by mindcrime on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:17AM (#11800408)
But what happens when they don't? Someone has to preselect them out, correct?

I was just trying to say that I believe that the absolute number of such applicants is so small, that it's a moot point. I could be wrong though...

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