I've probably done this. It can be pretty hard to be objective, especially when the in-group, out-group mentality is so strong. How do we catch and stop ourselves from doing this?
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We’re all guilty of it sometimes. The only cure I know of is to always be alert to it, and to make a habit of not jumping to conclusions about the reasons for people’s behaviour.
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Agreed, but my LEAST favorite bias is the one where an anecdote of a single nutjob saying or doing something nutty is taken as evidence that the other side has "lost its mind!"
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Also us-vs-them: Our side gets the benefit of the doubt, yours doesn't.
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People should print this as a poster and put it up on their walls as a constant reminder.pic.twitter.com/czH1u5j9rE
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*holds up hand* I've been guilty of finding it too easy ascribe poor choices to bad motives. I've been trying hard to steel man people more. With varying degrees of success.
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There is also the contrary error of ascribing observations of legitimate bad behavior to FAE. Wisdom is knowing the difference.
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The two types of errors
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Maybe just hold allies and “non allies” to the same standard.
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