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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by EpicEng on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @04:34PM (#18983257)
The GP's claim is that yes, it is _literally_ impossible. He cites a source[1]. If you have a disagreement with that theorem then by all means, share. Right now you're just saying "Nah I don't think so", which isn't very convincing.

[1]: https://www.chrisstucchio.com/pubs/slides/crunchconf_2018/sl...

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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by benj111 on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @05:24PM (#18983775)
That article gives an example of the Scotsman and Englishman.

Each are equal, 25% get 1200 on the sat, there is no allocative harm.

It is therefore fair, no?

If it is _literally impossible_ I must be misunderstanding something. Because I don't see the things he's mentioning as being mutually exclusive.

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