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This, alongside the recent "I put Mr. on my CV and got a job" is fascinating. I have had to rethink my own -isms over the years and its amazing just how prejudiced a right-on liberal has turned out to be - its almost as if I evolved in a totally different environment.



Note that plural of anecdote is not data. Neither is singular. I.e. how often do you read articles "I put Mr. on my CV and I still have no job" on the front page of HN? Clear setup for survivorship bias here[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias


same. well, different articles, but same story.




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