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Using math to foster acceptance and equality

Epistemic status: this is more of a thought experiment right now, with some math used to help get a good idea of things, but more exploratory than solid as evidence It's long been understood by most of society that discrimination is unfair, because as we practice discrimination we take away...

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Using math to foster acceptance and equality

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Using math to foster acceptance and equality

jackoda

3mo

Epistemic status: this is more of a thought experiment right now, with some math used to help get a good idea of things, but more exploratory than solid as evidence

It's long been understood by most of society that discrimination is unfair, because as we practice discrimination we take away people's right to prove themselves as one of the countless and inevitable exceptions to statistics, and their right to be treated with the equal inherent value that all humans possess.

Some racist and sexist people have taken to arguments about demographic variation, so I figured I would play around with math a little bit and show just how (wrong) they are in overall practice.

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