army1987 comments on Open thread for December 17-23, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2013 06:53:51PM 1 point [-]

starting with 51% of the population is a good step in that direction

Sure, but the process would likely have hysteresis depending on which group you remove first, and “women” doesn't seem like the best possible choice to me -- even “people without a university degree” would likely be better IMO.