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pointeroffact

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    Comment #10461150

    the extremely poor quality of this study and the irresponsible PR campaign that has accompanied it is enough reason not to take him seriously.

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    Comment #10324781

    this follows directly from what she said.

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    Comment #10324752

    the point is that holistic can be easily used as a cover for race based discrimination and that this is what is happening at harvard and elite universities. when you look at the qu…

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    Comment #10323920

    this can be corrected for to some extent by weighting exam scores based on school/region/socioeconomic status. that would be fairer and more transparent than the current system use…

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    Comment #10323907

    in other words, use unclear and vague criteria to judge admissions that just happen to massively disadvantage asian americans. it's strange that Faust is not condemned for her absu…

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    Comment #10323880

    perhaps michael wang fell short in terms of extracurricular achievements (though this is unlikely given information provided in the article). but this is unlikely to be true of all…

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    Comment #10062652

    perhaps i am missing something, but it looks like this just highlights two very common and easy to define types of error. how much practical value is there in this? Has this not be…

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    Comment #9949356

    the person you are talking to is taleb himself. he pops up all over the internet when he is criticized and gives these very... terse responses.