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posted 5 years ago by LeerooooyGaaaankins 5 years ago by LeerooooyGaaaankins +114 / -0

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– lgbtqwtfbbq 26 points 5 years ago +26 / -0

Stereotypes are among the most reproducible phenomena in all of social science. On a population level, they are true.

Not only are stereotypes reproducible, but the role they play in inter-personal interactions is fairly well understood:

Considerable evidence has accumulated that people usually (though not always) apply their stereotypes in a largely rational manner, relying heavily on stereotypes in the absence of clear individuating information, but relying heavily on relevant individuating information when it is available

- Stereotype Accuracy: One of the Largest and Most Replicable Effects in All of Social Psychology, a chapter from the Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

So we already do "adopt a laser focus on the individual".

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– current_horror 9 points 5 years ago +9 / -0

Not from a policy perspective.

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– Gizortnik 1 point 5 years ago +1 / -0

Of course you would want to adopt a laser focus on the individual from a policy perspective.

Otherwise you create a purely collectivist and tyrannical society where individual actions are irrelevant. Doesn't matter if you rob a bank or not, you are Amish, and are therefore not known for robbing banks.

Similarly, if you didn't rob a bank, or weren't even on the scene, but you're a former bank robber, you must be guilty of robbing the bank.

You're appealing to the literal "prosecutor's fallacy".

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