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   They introduced DEI practices in orchestras, because they believed male musicians were getting chosen over female musicians due to bias.

   Everyone performed their auditions blind, behind a screen.

   This … didn't work. Male musicians still got chosen over similar or better female musicians.

   Because of shoes.

   The panel were hearing female footwear sounds on the stage as the auditioners walked out behind the screen.

   Once they eliminated that problem by having everyone wear sneakers, it turned out that "merit" included a way higher percentage of female musicians.

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     𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight" (lana@beige.party)'s status on Monday, 24-Feb-2025 10:14:17 JST 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"

     - Let's play a game
     - Have a deck of standard playing cards.
     - Remove everything 10 and lower.
     - You have 16 cards in your deck now. The A, K, Q, and J times 4, for each suit.
     - Pick one card at random.
     - How likely is that card to be a diamond?
     - If you said 1 in 4, gold star for you.
     - No problem. That's statistically possible.
     - Do it again
     - And again
     - And again
     - Do it 100 more times.
     - How likely is it that EVERY card you pick EVERY time is ALWAYS a diamond?
     - (¼ × ¼ × ¼ × ¼) ... A hundred times.
     - a 1 in 150,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 chance.
     - Basically impossible.
     - Let's say we make a rule that, if you draw a diamond 5 times in a row, the next card can't be a diamond.
     - If it just "happens to be" another diamond, put it back, and draw a different one.
     - Now shuffle the deck and draw another card.
     - How likely is that card to be a diamond now, after our rule change?
     - Still 1 in 4. Right.
     - How likely is that card to be a 7 of clubs, after our rule change?
     - Correct. Zero.
     - That's DEI.
     - DEI does NOT mean that a bunch of unqualified 2s and 7's and Jokers and tarot cards get added into the deck.
     - It doesn't mean diamonds are bad and should be removed from the deck
     - It doesn't even mean you HAVE to draw spades, hearts, or clubs.
     - DEI means cards of any color get an equal chance at being drawn, as long as they're high enough value.
     - You know... A meritocracy.

     Steve's Place repeated this.