#bias

People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

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The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization. ↗

— Mary Douglas

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There's still a great deal of bias about homosexuality. ↗

— Rupert Everett

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The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover. ↗

— Al Franken

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Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

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It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized. ↗

— Benjamin Haydon

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The problem with not having a camera is that one must trust the analysis of a reporter who's telling you what occurred in the courtroom. You have to take into consideration the filtering effect of that person's own biases. ↗

— Lance Ito

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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

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