[cantSpellSober]

My most cynical reason for seeking to reduce bias is because I want to hire — as you said — people that will bring success to our organization, without my biases clouding my judgement.

> You’re better off trying to increase your bias

Care to elaborate? That sounds like a terrible idea to me, I'd prefer to hire people based on their skills, not my biases. From the study:

> we do not find a strong correlation between “looking the part” and job performance

...hiring based on biases didn't help.

[flappyeagle]

Bias for looks might not be useful. Bias toward people who were extremely serious magic the gathering players is more useful.

Find the right vector to bias on.

[cantSpellSober]

If you ask two separate candidates "what is 1 + 1?" and one responds "2" and the other responds "37" but played a card game when they were young, would you hire the latter? (hypotheticals are cheap, but you get my point)

[flappyeagle]

It’s like you’re trying to misunderstand.

But whatever the internet is for arguing. Were they ranked globally? Did they place top 8 at worlds?

If they were, and they answered 37, then I might question my understanding of math.