You know what makes me sad? He fact that when @leashless said "lawyers are literally meatspace engineers who specialize in error handling" you could hear the audience at #devcon4 unwind their bias only for a few seconds to politely clap
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#cognitivebias
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Replying to @levity @leashless
Are there 2+ biases presented? I only thought of one: "that lawyers are over-paid and unnecessary individuals that add friction in order to justify their use" Would love to hear more!
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Replying to @Nogoodtwts @leashless
Oh no, I just had no idea what bias you were referring to. I think you’re being biased against engineers :)
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Replying to @Nogoodtwts @leashless
By assuming they have biases against lawyers
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Replying to @levity @leashless
No assumptions here; I've been to a lot of talks in the space where engineers/developers only speak of lawyers as unnecessary bureaucrats
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Replying to @Nogoodtwts @leashless
In this situation, the bias caused you to interpret the applause as engineers only temporarily unwinding bias, and discount the possibility of there being engineers in the room who consistently acknowledge the role and value of lawyers
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Replying to @levity @leashless
How are you not classifying my statement as a bias in order to diminish my observations? No one's saying that none of the engineers in the room respect lawyers; naturally someone had to start the applause. My observation's scope lies on the plurality that doesn't.
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Replying to @Nogoodtwts @leashless
Well, I suppose I am diminishing your observation, though I’m not doing so out of any ill will. Merely pointing out it’s not as if you polled the audience about why they applauded, so your observation is more about your own interpretation than any objective fact.
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To be fair, I was motivated to respond by my own opposing bias that engineers and lawyers have more to gain from building bridges between their points of view than reinforcing divides
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