Ritalin comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ritalin 23 February 2014 02:26:04AM *  0 points [-]

Regardless of why this is so, wouldn't this outcome make the policy ineffectual and not worth continuing?

Also why in the world did that comment get a down-vote? Is there someone here lurking, down-voting my posts on principle?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 February 2014 02:33:03AM *  2 points [-]

Regardless of why this is so, wouldn't this outcome make the policy ineffectual and not worth continuing?

Yes, but if they were to admit the policy was ineffectual, they'd have to admit that there aren't as many qualified black students as white students and that would be racist and evil.