François CholletVerified account

Re: Ivy league --admission committees should not have access to your name, ethnicity or picture. Then the process would be meritocratic.

@fchollet (implicit) discrimination based on gender, origin, and appearance is not just the bastion of ivy leagues/academia.

@deliprao For sure. But at least it's one place where the solution is fairly easy: anonymize applications.

@fchollet another aspect, how will you take affirmative action for poorly represented groups if they're anonymized?

@deliprao Wouldn't that be discriminatory? Shouldn't we prefer a merit-based, 100% race-blind and gender-blind selection process?

@fchollet so you think offsetting social inequities created by centuries of oppression is discrimination?

@deliprao I'm all for helping disadvantaged folks, with education programs, scholarships, etc. But no compromise on meritocracy.

@fchollet meritocracy is a noble aim if everyone starts at an equal footing. How fair is "meritocracy" if a poor student cannot afford to go