How can I reliably know that someone’s reasoning is biased ?
Everyone is biased; I think it’s sort of a law. Understanding what someones biases are is probably more productive when dealing with them, then trying to figure out if they are biased or not; 10 out of 10 times I’d go with a definite ‘yes’ they are biased. How biased and in what ways seem like good follow ups.
(I do think it is important to change the laptop buyer’s mind, even though it’s a different topic.)
If the real question is “How do you reason with an unreasonable person?”, I’m not convinced contemporary society has a decent handle on this on.
Everyone is biased; I think it’s sort of a law. Understanding what someones biases are is probably more productive when dealing with them, then trying to figure out if they are biased or not; 10 out of 10 times I’d go with a definite ‘yes’ they are biased. How biased and in what ways seem like good follow ups.
If the real question is “How do you reason with an unreasonable person?”, I’m not convinced contemporary society has a decent handle on this on.