Just because something appears immediately obvious doesn’t imply we shouldn’t study it. Plenty of “common sense” thing are wrong, and even when “common sense” is right, it can be useful to figure out the “why” or to what extent.
Yes, attractive people generally have an easier time in life, we all know that, this is surprising to nobody, but at the same time, it probably doesn’t affect every field equally. Being attractive probably matters an awful lot in the modeling industry, but probably matters less in the tech support industry. This doesn’t mean that it matters 100% in modeling or 0% in tech support.
Also, I mean, how much money is spent on truly useless stuff? I spent multiple years working for the marketing tech team of a company. Wall Street traders contribute a lot less to the world than medical researchers but get paid an order of magnitude more. It’s hardly like this is the low hanging fruit in fund-reallocation.
I think putting a more constructive aspect to it would be great though. I guess there is still judicial systems in which everyone wears a rob and wigs. Was it studied if this lessens the effect? Wonder if it makes sense to come back to those things to counteract biases.
I don’t think it needs to supply a prescription, at least in the initial research. I think it’s valid enough to determine if the bias exists before we try and figure out solutions for it.
Yes, attractive people generally have an easier time in life, we all know that, this is surprising to nobody, but at the same time, it probably doesn’t affect every field equally. Being attractive probably matters an awful lot in the modeling industry, but probably matters less in the tech support industry. This doesn’t mean that it matters 100% in modeling or 0% in tech support.
Also, I mean, how much money is spent on truly useless stuff? I spent multiple years working for the marketing tech team of a company. Wall Street traders contribute a lot less to the world than medical researchers but get paid an order of magnitude more. It’s hardly like this is the low hanging fruit in fund-reallocation.