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Episode 37 - The Bias Bias

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Bias and Prejudice! Dirty words to throw around among modern society. Indeed, at a time of avid “social justice activism” the very hint of such a feeling is tantamount to full blown bigotry and xenophobia. Yet, the truth is, the development of bias and the implementation of prejudice is a normal and natural practice of human behavior.
How then do we identify this activity? By what metric can we judge its quality and utility? Is its presence always an evil? How do we identify the malicious sort from the benign? If it is a natural event, how do we eradicate it?
In this episode, we boldly stride into the social minefield that is a discussion about prejudice from a nuanced perspective. In stark contrast to the prevailing narrative of our time, we then broach the idea that the practice itself is not devoid of utility - when properly wielded.
But, you may have already made up your mind about that…

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Bias and Prejudice! Dirty words to throw around among modern society. Indeed, at a time of avid “social justice activism” the very hint of such a feeling is tantamount to full blown bigotry and xenophobia. Yet, the truth is, the development of bias and the implementation of prejudice is a normal and natural practice of human behavior.
How then do we identify this activity? By what metric can we judge its quality and utility? Is its presence always an evil? How do we identify the malicious sort from the benign? If it is a natural event, how do we eradicate it?
In this episode, we boldly stride into the social minefield that is a discussion about prejudice from a nuanced perspective. In stark contrast to the prevailing narrative of our time, we then broach the idea that the practice itself is not devoid of utility - when properly wielded.
But, you may have already made up your mind about that…

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Patreon page - http://www.patreon.com/TheSapientSimian

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