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Statistical Fairness ¶ The Computational Allure of Statistical Fairness ¶ Humans have tried to quantify fairness for centuries. The Law of Hammurabi, for example, states that if a man "destroy's the eye of a man's slave or beaks a bone of a man's slave, he shall pay one-half his price". 1 We rightfully recoil at the idea of such a law being espoused and adhered to in modern society. However, the idea that we can quantify fairness is still very much alive, and still not without its problems. Photograph of the basalt stele with the Law of Hammurabi inscribed (By Mbzt - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https

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