Quotes About Bias

Men, it seemed to me in those days, were uniquely honored by the stories that erupted in their lives, whereas women were more likely to be smothered by theirs.

The trouble is that once people develop an implicit theory, the confirmation bias kicks in and they stop seeing evidence that doesn't fit it.

We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield. —George Orwell (1946)

Naïve realism creates a logical labyrinth because it presupposes two things: One, people who are open-minded and fair ought to agree with a reasonable opinion, and, two, any opinion I hold must be reasonable; if it weren't, I wouldn't hold it.

Sometimes Reeve couldn't stand women. They were so practical.

Prejudice is a funny thing," Levi said, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. "Kind of like a grudge. After you've had it for a while, you tend to forget what made you feel that way in the first place.

Emotions can get in the way of truth-seeking. People do not process information in a neutral way.

when like-minded people get together, they often end up thinking a more extreme version of what they thought before they started to talk to one another.

Journalism classes teach us that one must extract oneself from the story in order to report without bias, but often we need to be in the story in order to understand, to connect, to help the audience identify or else it has no heart; it could be a robot telling the story, for all anyone cares.

It bothers me that so many lack common sense, that their opinions can be so biased and backward, so utterly frustrating,misguided,misinformed and dangerous that I can't stand to listen to them.

For no matter what the factual data were, all the books written about Blacks by their conquerors reflected the conquerors viewpoints. Nothing else should have been expected.

Dixie people wouldn't have listened to a black woman

Families tend to artificially divide the world, imbuing one member with all the attributes and another with all the faults. But it's never that way.

We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest.

Men and women study things differently, and it's not because of our chromosomes. It's a product of our cultural conditioning.

There is a bias; there is a Washington mentality.

There's an ingrained mentality in our culture that women aren't as good. Other places, it doesn't exist.

In a conversation with a male executive, he tells me that he doesn't hire women because 'it's not worth the trouble.' I mentally blacklist him.

The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich that doesn't mention his mop.

It's impossible for a Democrat to be a failure. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a reprobate. It's impossible for a Democrat to be a mess. It just isn't possible, as far as the mind-set of the media is concerned.

All the people who can't get into Michigan go to Michigan State.

I really feel like females have to go 50 extra miles. Not just one - 50 extra miles to be accepted or taken seriously.

Human-resources departments in corporations across the country are pervaded by the view that the corporation's white-male employees are incapable of fairly judging females and underrepresented minorities without large dollops of diversity training.

Being an African-American, minority, or poor, you get in a tough situation and you don't get a fair shake.