Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agoThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"imagemessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up1404arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1389arrow-down1imageThe Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing"Arthur Besse@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-227 days agomessage-square117linkfedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/38830374 tweet economist article archive.is paywall bypass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology excerpts of economist article: […]
minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·28 days agoWait a minute, this sounds suspiciously familiar… I think I heard about the psudoscience of a government measuring the size of people’s heads to try to find out their ethnicity… somewhere in Rwanda… 🧐
minus-squarepotoooooooo ✅️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoThere was also a German fella that got up to similar hijinks awhile back.
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Wait a minute, this sounds suspiciously familiar… I think I heard about the psudoscience of a government measuring the size of people’s heads to try to find out their ethnicity… somewhere in Rwanda… 🧐
There was also a German fella that got up to similar hijinks awhile back.