Enlighten me, niete! With a comment history on here that shows you speaking up only when gender politics are being discussed, I'm confident you have a well thought out perspective to share that I may not have considered.
That is a cute talking point, but does it have much to do with reality? Not really.
In pick up artistry, the goal is to be and act like a natural. Sometimes there are a lot of silly hoops on the way and it does not work for everyone, but it does work in the end.
Sure. Derailing tactics often include perfectly good arguments. Just ones that shift the discussion to other topics so that no privileged person actually has to face their privilege and acknowledge the systemic negative experiences of the unprivileged group.
Also, "trite"? You're going to talk about argument quality and then reject something because it's trite? Because that's purely a stylistic criticism, which is just the opposite of being concerned about argument quality.
That the most selective schools with the most interested applicants can fiddle with their programs to get arbitrary demographics is no surprise. With the number people that apply to Harvard I imagine they could have a class of programmers that was 100% midgets if they wanted; that does not mean other universities can do the same.
That the most selective schools with the most interested applicants can fiddle with their programs to get arbitrary demographics is no surprise. With the number people that apply to Harvard I imagine they could have a class of programmers that was 100% midgets if they wanted; that does not mean other universities can do the same.
I am not sure they have much to do with reality though.