Timnit Gebru (she/her).Nov 16, 2022

BTW I'm not sure if anyone has seen some of the things on Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison's HBD (AKA race science) tumblr called Worldoptimization, where she's so openly eugenicist and awful.

And they pearl clutch when we draw the links between this cult and eugenics.

If Black people tried to do this shit the feds would've been on them and someone would've been shot by now.

The amount of stuff white people get away with is unreal.

Show threadAlex HannaNov 16, 2022
@timnitGebru what is a HBD
Show threadTimnit Gebru (she/her).Nov 16, 2022
@alex human bio diversity AKA race science. You can read this less wrong (AKA awful "rationality cult) discussion about it where someone is like what if HBD doesn't mean there are superior races and people are like NO.
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jttfuxoQpYsnNEAqG/suppose-hbd-is-true
Suppose HBD is True - LessWrong

Suppose, for the purposes of argument, HBD (Human bio-diversity, the claim that distinct populations (I will be avoiding using the word "race" here insomuch as possible) of humans exist and have subs…

Show threadTimnit Gebru (she/her).

@alex AKA that's what they call eugenics these days. You can also read this gem where they point out.

"The problem is politicians, both the left and the right, are afraid to touch the hot potato that is HBD, instead regurgitating same ol’ environment-based solutions to societal problems. For the left, we need more wasteful social programs in a futile effort to close an achievement and wealth gap, which is really an IQ gap"

https://greyenlightenment.com/2015/09/30/eugenics-summary-and-hbd-policy/

Eugenics Summary, and HBD-Based Policy – Grey Enlightenment

Nov 16, 2022 at 4:14amWeb
Show threadashwinkNov 16, 2022
@timnitGebru @alex this is like a copy paste of the caste playbook in India, and the new EWS ruling from the Supreme Court @h_tejas
Show threadTimnit Gebru (she/her).Nov 16, 2022
@ashwink @alex @h_tejas and Caroline had something to say about caste too. Its in one of the screenshots I posted in one of the replies.
Show threadashwinkNov 16, 2022
@timnitGebru @alex from @h_tejas https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-curious-case-of-ews/article66132311.ece
The curious case of EWS

The EWS quota is unfair because it twists the idea of social justice by bequeathing further privilege to communities who are historically situated to benefit from the caste system

Show threadDrooling Fan GirlNov 16, 2022

@timnitGebru @alex with not a clue what HBD stood for, I think I found a good article explaining it.

https://forward.com/opinion/346533/human-biodiversity-the-pseudoscientific-racism-of-the-alt-right/

“Human Biodiversity”: the Pseudoscientific Racism of the Alt-Right

"Human biodiversity," supported by alt-right superstars like Milo Yiannopoulos, is just eugenics updated for the Internet Age.

The Forward