Are you bias

[Sgt. Pepper]

In my opinion... Ignoring wrong done by one but highlighting the wrong done by another, just like its done with political party's.

We were just discussing this problem in another thread. I'm glad to see you seriously addressing this problem too.

 

[sayak83]

Be it politics(a party), science, religion, etc..Are you biased? Do you let being bias cloud your view?

Here's me. How about you?

I don't see myself as biased but I am a little bias when it comes to guns.
I think a person should be able to own a gun or twenty..
However I also think...
-if you don't know how to use a gun, then you shouldn't own one.
-stricter background checks wouldn't hurt
-we don't need automatic weapons
-non-violent felons should be able to own a gun(to hunt for example)
-in a family home with kids they should be locked up
-if needed, a mental evaluation may be appropriate for gun ownership

I may have biases. But I am not aware of them. So I said no so that people can point out if I have biases.

 

[We Never Know]

We were just discussing this problem in another thread. I'm glad to see you seriously addressing this problem too.

It like this......

 

[vulcanlogician]

As far as how we might overcome (or "see through") our own biases...

Critical thinking helps.

It's not perfect by any means. Even critical thinkers can't escape their own biases. But that's oftentimes because they don't stop to think about or question the things they take for granted. Doing that helps. (At least to some degree.)

 

[Polymath257]

It still seems to me that if someone was really biased they wouldn't know it. If one allows the possibility that he could be mistaken then he might be able to see his own bias.

So that is a good first test: are the absolutely certain they are correct?

Can they give reasons for their views and can they point out the potential logical flaws in their own reasoning? Do they know what assumptions they are working under? And have they tried to search out opinions different from theirs and considered the evidence?

 

[Polymath257]

It like this......

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Well, yes, if it is 99 airplanes landed safely and one crashed.

 

[Polymath257]

As far as how we might overcome (or "see through") our own biases...

Critical thinking helps.

It's not perfect by any means. Even critical thinkers can't escape their own biases. But that's oftentimes because they don't stop to think about or question the things they take for granted. Doing that helps. (At least to some degree.)

One thing I have learned as a mathematician is that logical thinking isn't natural. it is *very* hard for almost everyone. Even people that have been trained in it don't do it so well without a LOT of practice.

For the elementary proof courses in math, one of the most important things to teach is that a mistake is most likely to happen just after the words 'obviously' or 'clearly'. Many times, what *seems* clear or obvious turns out to be false. Or, even if true, it is much more subtle than it appears initially.

One of the best exercises, and one that is very difficult for the students, is to find the mistakes in faulty 'proofs' that are for true results.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Both sides but with the vast vast majority being Democrats that have themselves firmly entrenched here.

You can't stop, can you? I find it hard to understand, since hatred seems to rule so much of your dialogue, how you can actually call yourself a "philosophical Buddhist." From both a philosophical, and a Buddhist point of view, that's an immense stretch.

Are you sure you know who you are?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

If you're biased how would you know you were biased?

As a human, you can (if you have a mind to, and few do), examine your own thoughts. Doing it honestly isn't easy, so I really don't expect you to bother making the effort.

 

[We Never Know]

I do. Provided the other parry is even revelant enough to register on the radar.

Example... NY three men in a room. Prime example.

“Three Men in a Room” and Albany: Where did the Phrase come from?

Gas right now its higher than I have ever paid for it. Same for many other things. The repubs complain and blame Biden while the dems remain pretty much silent.

However if the current administration were republican, the dems would be complaining and blaming the president while the repubs stayed pretty much silent. That's irony lol

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

Gas right now its higher than I have ever paid for it. Same for many other things. The repubs complain and blame Biden while the dems remain pretty much silent.

However if the current administration were republican, the dems would be complaining and blaming the president while the repubs stayed pretty much silent. That's irony lol

Every two years, "We the People" re-elect these clowns in midterm elections. Every four years, "We the People" exchange one clown for another to occupy the Oval Office. Basically, it's the same circus, just with different clowns running the show. Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results? What does that say about "We the People"?

 

[Wildswanderer]

As a human, you can (if you have a mind to, and few do), examine your own thoughts. Doing it honestly isn't easy, so I really don't expect you to bother making the effort.

Why the slam? You don't know me at all.

 

[Wildswanderer]

So that is a good first test: are the absolutely certain they are correct?

That is probably impossible.

 

[Stevicus]

Be it politics(a party), science, religion, etc..Are you biased? Do you let being bias cloud your view?

Here's me. How about you?

I don't see myself as biased but I am a little bias when it comes to guns.
I think a person should be able to own a gun or twenty..
However I also think...
-if you don't know how to use a gun, then you shouldn't own one.
-stricter background checks wouldn't hurt
-we don't need automatic weapons
-non-violent felons should be able to own a gun(to hunt for example)
-in a family home with kids they should be locked up
-if needed, a mental evaluation may be appropriate for gun ownership

I think everyone has biases. We all have our opinions, personal preferences, and favorites.

There's nothing wrong with that, as long as we're still able to tell the difference between opinion and fact.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Why the slam? You don't know me at all.

But I have read many hundreds of your posts, and I find that while you like to give us your "truth," you rarely bother explaining why you think as you do. In my experience, that is what happens when people recount what they've been taught, or are biased towards, but have not thought about much at all.

 

[Hermit Philosopher]

 

[Polymath257]

Every two years, "We the People" re-elect these clowns in midterm elections. Every four years, "We the People" exchange one clown for another to occupy the Oval Office. Basically, it's the same circus, just with different clowns running the show. Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results? What does that say about "We the People"?

More importantly, but usually ignored, several months before we vote for those clowns, we vote in primaries that select which clowns will be options in the general election.

 

[Polymath257]

That is probably impossible.

Anyone that says they are 100% sure about *anything* is showing they are biased.

 

[Polymath257]

"The easiest person to fool is yourself"

it is crucial to keep this is mind.

 

[Secret Chief]

Be it politics(a party), science, religion, etc..Are you biased? Do you let being bias cloud your view?

Here's me. How about you?

I don't see myself as biased but I am a little bias when it comes to guns.
I think a person should be able to own a gun or twenty..
However I also think...
-if you don't know how to use a gun, then you shouldn't own one.
-stricter background checks wouldn't hurt
-we don't need automatic weapons
-non-violent felons should be able to own a gun(to hunt for example)
-in a family home with kids they should be locked up
-if needed, a mental evaluation may be appropriate for gun ownership

Of course I am, for better and worse. As is everyone, even the unbiased liars.