On Bias - Essay on bias PDF

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OnBi as Ist andwi t hLoner gan’ sv i ewofbi asr esul t i ngf r om i nt ent i onal l yf ai l i ngt ot hi nkt hi ngs t hr ough.Idonott hi nkt hatev er yhumanopi ni oni sabi asbecauseopi ni onsar ebased onwhatpeopl ebel i ev et obet r ue.Peopl ehav eopi ni onst hatmi ghtber i ghtorwr ong dependi ngonhowr i ghtandwr ongar edefinedi nt hatsi t uat i on,butpeopl ear r i v eatt hei r opi ni onsaf t ergat her i ngevi dencet hatl eadst hem t ogenui nel yt hi nks omet hi ngi st r ue. Thus,nomat t erhowr i ghtorwr ongi ti s ,opi ni oni saj udgmentbasedonsomedegr eeof evi denceorapat t er n. I ncas eofbi as,t her eadi ngs t at es“ …i ti sani nt ent i onal ev asi onoft het r ut h.I ti sa r ef usal t odev el opasani nt el l i gentandr easonabl eper s on” .Bi asr esul t sf r om i r r at i onal t hi nki ngandt hedel i ber at eav oi danceoffindi ngoutwhati st r ue.Cont r ar yt oopi ni on,no r esear chi ng,gat her i ngevi dence,oraquestf ort het r ut ht ak espl acei ncaseofbi as.I ti s bl i ndl yaccept i ngavi ewwhi l er ef usi ngt ol ookatev i dencet hatcoul dpr ov eordi s pr ov e t hegi v ent heor y .Togi v easi mpl eex ampl e,i faper sondoesnotl i k eacer t ai nmus i ci an, nomat t erhowgr eatt hemusi c i anmak esapar t i cul arsong,t heper sonwi l l aut omat i cal l y hat et hesongi fhe/ shei sbi asedagai nstt hemusi ci an.Howev er ,aper songi v i ngan opi ni oncoul ds t i l l beopenmi ndedenought ol i k et hesong,ev eni fhe/ shei snotf ondof t hemus i ci an.Hencebi as edpeopl ear enotwi l l i ngt ogi v esomet hi ngachanceandar e agai nstknowi ngwhatact ual l yi st r ue.Bi asedpeopl eal sor ef uset ot hi nkr at i onal l y bec ausei ft heywer er at i onal ,t heycoul dfindoutt hatt hebel i eft heyhadal l al ongwas f al seandt hatt heywoul dhav et ol etgooft hei rbel i ef .So,aper s ongi vi nganopi ni on act ual l yt hi nkshe/ s hei sr i ght ,whi l eabi asedper sondoesnotwantt oknowi fhe/ shei s r i ghtorwr ong....