The question is, would this post still be made publicly, in the same manner, if the data actually found serious discrimination happening?
Who knows, maybe YC is actually divinely meritocratic and there are no biases. Maybe they are transparent enough to make their biases public if they were discovered, and I absolutely admire that YC takes the initiative to check.
But if we were to be scientific about it, having YC take a look at discrimination within YC wouldn't be considered a reliable experiment that you could draw any conclusions from.
Who knows, maybe YC is actually divinely meritocratic and there are no biases. Maybe they are transparent enough to make their biases public if they were discovered, and I absolutely admire that YC takes the initiative to check.
But if we were to be scientific about it, having YC take a look at discrimination within YC wouldn't be considered a reliable experiment that you could draw any conclusions from.