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by asddkk
3113 days ago
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Group versus individuals. Stereotypes can be accurate on average between groups but inaccurate for individuals. The accuracy versus bias distinction of the paper kind of overlooks this, even though it's the crux of the issue in many ways. |
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See, the whole idea of treating everyone as special is a fancy individualist invention that has currency in some countries. It also matters how much said person is special and how many of them are. Then you can call it a problem or not. Or by tracking outcomes of people subject to prejudice with strong statistical tools which do not involve cherry picking by hand.