Chuck Rhode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John J. Lee wrote this on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 21:16:13 +0000. My reply is > below. > > > I sympathise but conventional wisdom (which surely has a lot of > > truth in it) is that employers are not faced with the problem of > > minimising false negatives (failing to hire when they should have > > hired). They are faced with the problem of minimising false > > positives (hiring when they should not have hired). That's a gross > > simplification of course, but I'm sure you appreciate the point -- > > if you're hiring employees, being fairly risk-averse is probably > > quite rational. > > ... so what's this we hear of employers' (in the US) being so starved > for talent that they're willing to bring in young men from overseas > with 3.5 kids and 1.5 wives?
I honestly don't follow the connection between my statements about the way things are and the ethical (?) position you appear to be pushing. Please don't take offence when I ask you not to bother to elaborate, though. John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
