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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 13 October 2014 03:49:00AM 2 points [-]

She is a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations, but she is incompetent. Totally useless, like virtually everyone else in public life.

Want to solve this problem? Become a public servant.

Comment author: roystgnr 13 October 2014 12:55:31PM 5 points [-]

That works if the problem is a self-selection bias. If there are counterproductive selection biases whose source isn't the selectees, or even if there's just an insufficient net bias in the right direction (what tiny fraction of people wouldn't be nearly useless at solving global health problems?) it's going to be harder to solve.