A famous bon mot asserts that opinions are like arse-holes, in that everyone has one. There is great wisdom in this… but I would add that opinions differ significantly from arse-holes, in that yours should be constantly and thoroughly examined. We must think critically, and not just about the ideas…
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I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make Facebook a place for all ideas. Some of what we're up against is human nature — biases that existed long before the internet. But by giving people access to more information and helping promote diversity and a plurality of opinions, we can build stron…
The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence, but of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.
your truth will not be for everyone. please, live in it anyway.
all that to say, we should define our truths. but, we should investigate their origins, our biases, and question their existence, too.
The problem with human definitions of fairness is that they tend to be based on the very determined bias of the person or group who decides.
Bias exists for a reason. We are constantly making decisions at a moment’s notice, based on tons, huge volumes of information. We need bias in order to simplify that decision-making process. However, if we are unable to overcome our bias, or unable even to notice our bias, if we are stuck in our bia…
If you experience life as a communist or a capitalist, as a Muslim or a Jew, you are experiencing life in a prejudiced, slanted way; there is a barrier, a layer of fat between Reality and you because you no longer see and touch it directly.