On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, David Honig wrote:
At 11:16 PM 12/10/01 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
And no, a meritocracy isn't disriminatory. You get what you put into it, not what somebody else thinks it's worth.
Merit is inevitably judged by "somebody else". And discriminating on the basis of merit is tautologically discriminatory.
Actually 'merit' isn't. Merit is measured in a meritocracy by the efficacy of the solution. That's a TECHNICAL measure, not emotional or social. Discrimination is inherently ILLOGICAL (ie emotional), which puts it in direct odds with the concept of 'merit'. Further, a meritocracy makes judgements about worth based on the solution not the source. Source filtering is inherent in discrimination, hence they can't be synonymous or layered.
D'oh.
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