1. On Cigars:-The more you spend on a cigar, the better it tastes.
-No matter how much you spend on a cigar, if you aren't smoking it, it stinks.
I like that one. It makes me happy for some odd reason.
2. On Bias:
-Bias is most dangerous when it goes unrecognized.
Of the two, this is my favorite. Although I've told it to folks through the years, it doesn't seem to be catching on, so, as for having a quotable legacy, I'm probably doomed.
Prison of the Mind
Why is bias important? Why is recognizing it even more so?
That's what I'd like to talk about this morning.
If you're of a certain age (young), you most likely don't realize how much information you are exposed to when compared to a bygone day. And that day wasn't all that long ago.
Nowadays, you can get information on just about any subject with just a few touches and/or swipes on the computer in your pocket. It's truly amazing.Of course, there's a downside: not all of the information you receive is accurate. Much of it is biased.
Not only is the information biased, but so are we.
Our human penchant for bias is the point of this post.
I'll admit that I have a bias. I do that because I want to be truthful with you. More importantly, I want to be truthful with myself. If I deny my own bias, I sentence myself to intellectual prison.
