Why Hundreds of Mathematicians are boycotting predictive policing. Some academics are calling the controversial practice a "scientific veneer for racism".

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Why Hundreds of Mathematicians are boycotting predictive policing. Some academics are calling the controversial practice a "scientific veneer for racism". (www.popularmechanics.com)

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Mathematics is one of those things that treats all equally. It's like death and physics...just because you believe it's one way, that doesn't mean it actually is that way.

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