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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

      Generally speaking, I think we ought to leave people's implicit biases alone and care about what they say & do.There is no right of access to somebody else's head, and any attempt to read what is in there will almost certainly reveal more of the reader's bias than the scrutinised

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

      Even if someone is harbouring racist, sexist or homophobic prejudices, if they do not reveal them externally at all, they are doing all we as a society can ask of them. Ideally, they will reflect on them & try to change them but we have no right to tell ppl what flaws to work on.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

      I see my own biases mostly when I am surprised. I have been surprised by a South Asian woman wanting to stroke my dogs, by a straight man wanting to talk primarily about the social & psychological nuances of interactions & by a young gay man moralistically deploring polyamory.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

      Biases are something we get from society. Sometimes they are unjustified prejudices we pick up & sometimes they are patterns we accurately note. Either way, when spotted in yourself, it is good to be aware of them & remind yourself of the importance of treating ppl as individuals

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          LOL! As I speak, a 21-year-old male friend has just messaged me to ask me to help him think of anniversary gifts for his parents. There might be some gender & age-related assumptions going on in his head there.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          But, yes, generally, if you assume that someone will have certain biases because they are white or male or heterosexual or cisgendered, consider that it might be you who needs to examine your own biases.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          Yesterday, someone was talking about the entitlement of SocJus types who think everyone has a responsibility to prioritise their key issue & I think that is a sound observation.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          We all have a moral responsibility not to impact society negatively with any prejudices we might have & it's generally good to be reflective about this. But we do not have the right to make others prioritise what is most important to us.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          You can suggest to someone that he may want to put work into dismantling his whiteness but if he chooses to focus his social conscience on raising money for Water Aid & Cancer Research, better recycling services in his area & supporting a lonely, disabled elderly neighbour...

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        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 31

          ...you might just have to settle for him not doing or saying anything racist & leave his suspected unconscious racial biases alone.

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        1. jon‏ @jkarlson May 31
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          "Biases are something we get from society." Source? It seems to me that there might be something inherent in humans to see people who don't look/act like them as "other" and prefer people who do, which is essentially what a bias is. After all, humans created society.

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        1. Michael Hicks‏ @HicksCBER May 31
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          I think the Gospel of Luke said something about that.

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