This topic wasn't about the test, though. Why focus on that and not the meat?
Quantifying the exact level of bias is difficult, of course, but that we can dismiss the whole shebang.
What do we DO about passing on these sorts of bias? I was reading 538 yesterday, and it pointed out that nationally, Trump is ahead 11 points with men, and Clinton is ahead 33 points with women. Are many women suffering a positive confirmation bias, or just overly negative about Trump? Are many men suffering a negative bias about Clinton, or a positive one about Trump? Some combination of both? It seems that if only men were allowed to vote, Trump would win by a landslide.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elec...ald-trump/
This is a real world issue that deeply affects everything from whether your daughter will chose to become a scientist or a nail artist, to the outcome of the presidential election, to one of the root causes of police violence against blacks, etc.
Quantifying the exact level of bias is difficult, of course, but that we can dismiss the whole shebang.
What do we DO about passing on these sorts of bias? I was reading 538 yesterday, and it pointed out that nationally, Trump is ahead 11 points with men, and Clinton is ahead 33 points with women. Are many women suffering a positive confirmation bias, or just overly negative about Trump? Are many men suffering a negative bias about Clinton, or a positive one about Trump? Some combination of both? It seems that if only men were allowed to vote, Trump would win by a landslide.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/elec...ald-trump/
This is a real world issue that deeply affects everything from whether your daughter will chose to become a scientist or a nail artist, to the outcome of the presidential election, to one of the root causes of police violence against blacks, etc.
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― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
