Strange7 comments on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Strange7 21 January 2011 06:57:59PM *  4 points [-]

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.

You really are new here, aren't you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990#Title_III_-_Public_Accommodations_.28and_Commercial_Facilities.29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoning

In short, there most certainly ARE legal restrictions on building your office somewhere deliberately selected for it's inaccessibility to those with a congenital inability to e.g. teleport, and a lack of teleportation-specific case law would not work in your favor, given the judge's access to statements you've already made.

Comment author: Quirinus_Quirrell 22 January 2011 12:12:17AM 12 points [-]

In short, there most certainly ARE legal restrictions on building your office somewhere deliberately selected for it's inaccessibility to those with a congenital inability to e.g. teleport,

The Americans with Disabilities Act limits what you can build (every building needs ramps and elevators), not where you can build it. Zoning laws are blacklist-based, not whitelist-based, so extradimensional spaces are fine. More commonly, you can easily find office space in locations that poor people can't afford to live near. And in the unlikely event that race or national origin is the key factor, you get to choose which country or city's demographics you want.

A lack of teleportation-specific case law would not work in your favor, given the judge's access to statements you've already made.

This is the identity under which I speak freely and teach defense against the dark arts. This is not the identity under which I buy office buildings and hire minions. If it was, I wouldn't be talking about hiring strategies.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 January 2011 10:48:29AM *  5 points [-]

This is the identity under which I speak freely and teach defense against the dark arts. This is not the identity under which I buy office buildings and hire minions. If it was, I wouldn't be talking about hiring strategies.

Up voted for having the sense to employ a blindingly obvious strategy that somehow consistently fails to become common sense.

Comment author: Strange7 22 January 2011 01:37:22AM 0 points [-]

More commonly, you can easily find office space in locations that poor people can't afford to live near.

But that they could, in principle, walk to and from.