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your argument begs the question of whether or not we can successfully test for this trait to begin with.

i don't think we can. the outsized productivity impact a good person can have far outweighs the statistical probability of getting one if you simply accept all competent interviewers, i.e. the expected value is so high that you can blindly hire until you find one, given sufficient financial resources. without the financial resources, you only hire people you already know are good, which is the general pattern i've seen over 20 years working in this industry.

just a note: as with all wolf-looking dogs, the biggest risk is unscrupulous breeders who will sell you something much more ... shall we say "authentic" than just a big friendly dog with some wolf phenotypes. buyer beware.

the biggest dealer at my college went to a "very good" law school and is now working in DC.

go figure.

> less likely ... to engage in drug abuse.

i really doubt this.

google absolutely sucks at it, probably because they don't see any value in it given their user base (everyone) and lack of competition.

i.e. my youtube front page just shows the same 100 video links over and over and over.

there isn't even a really good way to discover relevant content in the channels i've already subscribed to. it's pretty lame.

it's amazing how much the finance industry can get away with. like honest-to-goodness amazing.

it's really impressive how these people can have such a death-grip on society. honestly, i'm more curious than mad. how is such a thing even possible? i mean, wow.

read my post again carefully. my point is actually that _no_ non-white american people would be shocked.

i'm not really talking about white people at all, because obviously there are some who would be and wouldn't be shocked at widespread racism by white people.

this is a subtle point that you are missing, which is ironic because you are 25% asian, i imagine you have seen quite a bit of anti-asian racism (it's just a joke bro! don't you love being the butt of jokes? who doesn't love that!) from white people because they have no idea you have asian family.

and i'll just pre-empt your next point: i'm not saying only white poeple can be racist, that's obviously not the case if you've ever been overseas, and anti-white racism also happens a lot in america.

i'll generalize my point for you, so that you may understand:

no person of a minority race would be shocked that the majority race harbors a not-insignificant subpopulation with vehement racist views against other races. if every single majority race were to spend a week as a minority, that would likely dispel any notions they had of the contrary.

^ this works for all races.

i didn't make any of those points, but you just did, and then ascribed them to me, which is pretty typical of online discussions. it's called a straw-man argument.

the reason it's so widespread is it's so easy to do. all you have to do is come up with a bunch of stuff you dislike, and then accuse me of being/doing that stuff.

and there's nothing i can really do about it, because these ideas exist only in your head, not mine.

if every white american spent a week as another race, i don't think a single one would be 'shocked' or 'flabbergasted' about any of this.

me too, my tax guy is great at that. here's his number.

yeah, wow.

since i own a small business i just tell people i work in finance now. less questions and comments and more quiet, inaccurate assumptions of wealth and power which i am happy to let be.

i drive it less than 5000 miles a year. insurance rates aren't determined by how much you drive a car, that's just meta-information the ins. co's collect. theft, crashes, and zip code (for full coverage) are far more important.

it costs me $120/month to insure a high end 911.

they're also involved in far more accidents.