Okay, lessdazed’s comment is getting up-voted a lot, which I think stems from how his post misinterprets mine in a humorous way.
less biased than other people.
was bad wording on my part, I’m afraid. What I really meant was:
significantly less biased than the norm.
which, in turn, really means:
less biased than they actually are.
This is what I really meant, and what the bias blind spot is really about: not noticing, or not correcting for, your own biases (which are there, regardless of whether they are there more or less often than other people. Remember: it is useless to be superior.)
Okay, lessdazed’s comment is getting up-voted a lot, which I think stems from how his post misinterprets mine in a humorous way.
was bad wording on my part, I’m afraid. What I really meant was:
which, in turn, really means:
This is what I really meant, and what the bias blind spot is really about: not noticing, or not correcting for, your own biases (which are there, regardless of whether they are there more or less often than other people. Remember: it is useless to be superior.)