Eugine_Nier comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 December 2012 08:46:08AM 4 points [-]

I don't care about the correlation between race and culture in and of itself. I want to remove or reduce (preferably remove) the percieved correlation between race and academic performance

I think a better strategy is to remove the actual correlation between race and academic performance, and possibly the one between race and criminality for that matter.

One place to start is to change the culture that leads to said problems.

Comment author: CCC 02 December 2012 08:37:35AM 0 points [-]

I think a better strategy is to remove the actual correlation between race and academic performance, and possibly the one between race and criminality for that matter.

That is a necessary prerequisite, yes. As long as such an actual correlation is in place, it will be observed and will result in a perceived correlation.