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Re:I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great... by Zerverus on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:46PM (#29616201)
This assumes that human social interaction somehow is optional, exactly the mistake the parent went to point out.

There is no world where social skills somehow are ‘bias’. They are core.

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Re:I found that college fails to live up to being “The Great... by giantg2 on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:22PM (#29616642)
Social skills are not bias themselves. This who you know thing is - preference is given to people who are known. This makes it less likely that people who have different attributes get an equal chance.
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