165 Quotes About Biases

Words in the head are sticky and social creatures – when you finally pull one out, you're liable to get lots of bits of meanings that have rubbed onto them as a result of their palling around with other words.

A human mind that has a hold over its prejudices is like the fabled philosopher's stone, everything it touches turns to gold, whereas a savage mind which is run by its prejudices is like an infectious disease, wherever it goes it causes death and destruction.

The moment when humanity learns to tame all its primeval biases, only then it will be worth the title "Sapiens", not any earlier.

Racism is, among other things, the unearned skepticism of one group of humans joined to the unearned sympathy for another.

Police reform starts with the acknowledgement of police bias.

The purpose of reason is not to turn this world cold, but to rid it of biases - of prejudice.

[...] identify influential writers and news sources (including those with strong biases) and monitor what they are saying. This can help you understand how groups talk about events and issues.

Assumption is corruption, correction is ascension.

Stop the noise of assumption and you'll hear the music of ascension.