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Re: How Bad it Is
Posted:
Jun 1, 2012 5:38 PM
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On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Louis Talman <talmanl@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Paul Tanner <upprho@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Without something that is statistics-based like affirmative action,
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> Statistics? The issues here are much deeper than you seem to believe.
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> Here is a little problem for you.
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> There are 700 individuals on the faculty at Enormous State University, of
> whom exactly 210 are women. 30 members of the faculty are appointed to serve
> on a committee that is to consider a matter of some importance to all
> faculty. Someone observes that only seven members of the committee are women
> and alleges bias against women in the selection of the committee.
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> Tell us where we should stand on this issue, Paul. (Make no assumptions
> beyond those given above.)
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> What if only six members of the committee had been women? five?
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> How few women must there be before we can make a reasonable case for bias
> against women? How many before there is a case for bias against men?
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This is not a problem since you are inventing a straw man.
How is it a straw man?
I put forth the quantification "without some". Think on that.
You think that you could meaningfully enforce anti-discrimination law
with NO use of mathematics? If yes, then you understand nothing.
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