"Food isn't about Nutrition
Clothes aren't about Comfort
Bedrooms aren't about Sleep
Marriage isn't about Romance
Talk isn't about Info
Laughter isn't about Jokes
Charity isn't about Helping
Church isn't about God
Art isn't about Insight
Medicine isn't about Health
Consulting isn't about Advice
School isn't about Learning
Research isn't about Progress
Politics isn't about Policy"
-- Overcoming Bias: Politics isn't about Policy
I just posted this in the comments on Hanson's website:
It's not about the corollaries. It's about the application. Your conclusions are far too rigid and are biased themselves in their assumptions. Overcoming bias MUST first begin with recognizing the bias in ourselves. Identifying the bias in others without first having done so in ourselves is nothing more than an exercise in projection. For example, your dismissing of high school elections for class president as "popularity contests", overlooks all of the students who would aspire to become part of the decision-making process in their schools. You risk sounding like a class president candidate who lost, and summarizes the cruelty of their defeat as a result of "not being popular enough". In that regard, you can take comfort in the example of Barack Obama. He has become popular without having done anything at all. Please don't talk to me about him being a "community organizer". Those are all just popularity contests, anyway.
Posted by: bustoff at September 24, 2008 1:29 PMEmbrace the bias, don't overcome it. Admit the bias and don't be unbiased in your biases. You have them for a reason other than just because, right?
Posted by: Jewel at September 24, 2008 7:30 PM"It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood." -- Karl Popper N.B.: Comments are moderated to combat spam and may not appear immediately. Comments that exceed the obscenity or stupidity limits will be either edited or expunged.
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