I don't think this list is an appropriate place for political discussions. Hopefully an administrator will intervene. If this continues, I will unsubscribe.
________________________________ From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of Nico Kadel-Garcia <nka...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2021 9:04 AM To: LaToya Anderson <lmanderson2...@gmail.com> Cc: Andrew C Aitchison <and...@aitchison.me.uk>; Keith Lofstrom <kei...@keithl.com>; Mailing list for Scientific Linux users worldwide <scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Code bias video, watch it ASAP On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:24 AM LaToya Anderson <lmanderson2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Data does not remove bias. And one can and should both read the article and > watch the movie. > > STEM Academy Instructor Data rather than mere exposition helps prevent bias. How do you refute or counter unfair bias except with data? The movie is, itself, profoundly biased. It didn't explore at all why a public housing project might benefit from cameras on the door of a densely populated building with numerous poor, old, or unhealthy tenants. The movie was an icon of "Critical Theory", portraying the attempt to use science and engineering for social problems as a plot against the oppressed. I've lived in scary neighborhoods of London. London accepts and expects a degree of CCTV monitoring that is outrageous to Americans. Sadly, citizens can't *get* the videos when a crime occurs, and photographic evidence can be misused against the innocent. Been there, done that, watched a London parking cop frame the photos they took to document a parking ticket, really ticked him off when I very obviously took photos at angles that showed the car was, in fact parked near a sign that gave permission and curb markings that matched.
