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

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 December 2012 09:22:38AM 10 points [-]

Many statistical effects of race are screened off by fairly easily obtained information,

Or would be if people weren't actively rigging said information such that this is not the case. And that's before getting into tail-effects.

Moreover, if you, say, beat someone for being black,

Which really doesn't happen these days. (It's certainly much rarer than someone being beaten up for being white.)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 01 December 2012 01:01:00PM 0 points [-]

Evidence? Also, are you including assault by the police in your comparison?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 December 2012 01:01:41AM 4 points [-]

Evidence?

Look at crime statistics.

Also, are you including assault by the police in your comparison?

Sure, it doesn't change its truth.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 December 2012 04:10:50AM 0 points [-]

There are at least two confounding factors for the crime statistics. One is that the justice system is pretty sloppy, and more so for black men. Another is that even if your crime statistics are accurate, it's hard to identify a criminal's exact motives. Was a beating part of a robbery? Was it a simple attack initiated by one side, or was it a quarrel that escalated?