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Dagon comments on Should we admit it when a person/group is "better" than another person/group? - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: adamzerner 16 February 2016 09:43AM

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Comment author: Dagon 17 February 2016 02:58:15PM 0 points [-]

What's the outcome of this measurement and acknowledgement? How will you use the belief that a median member of a group has some better qualities than a median member of another group?

Why focus on groups rather than individuals, and why on qualities rather than accomplishments?