Barry_Cotter comments on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Barry_Cotter 19 January 2011 02:17:16PM *  4 points [-]

Besides, it's not like muggles are a protected class. And if they were? Just keep them from applying in the first place, by building your office somewhere they can't get to. There aren't any legal restrictions on that.

My google-fu is not strong enough to find the legal doctrine, but in the US at least, you can be sued for ~implicit discrimination, i.e. if the newspaper you advertise in has a reader population that does not refelect the general population, you're discriminating against the under represented population.

Comment author: shokwave 19 January 2011 02:43:26PM 4 points [-]

i.e. if the newspaper you advertise in has a reader population that does not reflect the general population, you're discriminating against the under represented population.

...I thought this was a joke. Now... not so sure.

Comment author: Barry_Cotter 19 January 2011 03:11:35PM 0 points [-]