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Comment by icarus_drowning | Hacker News Reader

Really, I think this might take the cake as the worst comment I've ever read on Hacker News.

He cited a source, so I don't think it can take that particular cake.

Except he is misusing a source to come to an absurd conclusion!

In an attempt (presumably, I can't really know) to distract from a truly historic scientific achievement. Don't forget that part.

No attempts, just plain facts: a reminder of those, who took their fair share in contributing to such a scientific achievement but were discriminated negatively compared to their "western equivalents" only for being born in a non-western country.

The cited document (did all the downvoters also take their time and actually read the TDRs and papers in detail??? Or are they just ignorant sheep?) is a rare case of putting the facts on the ground down in a written and approved document, despite being taboo in an organisation touting "equal opportunities" and such policies.

No downvotes will change the situation I warn about above, quite to the contrary: may my previous comment serve as a warning to all non-westerners at CERN for the time being.

If you have difficulties in accepting criticism based on a factual quote from a (peer!) reviewed document, then you might consider changing your behaviour.

The moment one experiences the consequences of such discrimination, things get far more real than an absurd conclusion you are alluding to.

No, I posit that you are taking the quote and extrapolating your own conclusion. The report does not make the same conclusions you are making. All it seems to be saying is that labour costs are different between countries.

All it seems to be saying is that labour costs are different between countries.

Would you think, that this evaluation scheme has any consequences to peer evaluation within the same group? [aside from the inherent bias, not even mentioning all the other loopholes with categorisations such as Scottish (read western) MC-EST/PhD etc.]