“Why, then, is there systematic bias?… But the rest of the time? It’s because we predict it’s socially helpful to be biased that way.”
Similar thoughts led me to write De-Centering Bias. We have a bias towards biases (yes, I know the irony). True rationality isn’t just eliminating biases, but also realising that they are often functional.
“Why, then, is there systematic bias?… But the rest of the time? It’s because we predict it’s socially helpful to be biased that way.”
Similar thoughts led me to write De-Centering Bias. We have a bias towards biases (yes, I know the irony). True rationality isn’t just eliminating biases, but also realising that they are often functional.