Comment by Alan2 on You Are Not Hiring the Top 1% · 2009-05-18T08:31:32.000Z · LW · GW

As a writer, I know the slush pile example is a good one. But I always try to edit and improve a rejected story before sending it on, especially if I've had constructive comments from the editor. Hopefully enough people do this to skew the bias back again, if only a little bit!