Can anyone directly confirm or deny this disturbing account of elite academic scholarship choice biases? http://quillette.com/2017/04/20/crucible-application-process/ …
Seems wholly plausible. Most social science/humanities academics are suspicious of objective rationality, utilitarian reasoning, & EA.
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Yes plausible, but still it matters if this is unusual tail vs middle of the distribution behavior.
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I think it's roughly impossible if the profs involved are philosophers (piece doesn't specify); and fairly implausible if from other fields.
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