Do you trust your fellow American to be objective??
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26-30, M
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I don't trust anyone to be objective. I'm from as multicultural a city as there can be, and I can't think of a nationality that preaches or prioritizes objectivity.
The human mind is built to minimize the amount of energy it uses up, and part of that process means taking shortcuts. Making assumptions, establishing patterns, forming biases, and promptly rejecting the validity of information that contradicts what we believe. We're all human, and we're all prone to these habits.
I try to inform myself and look at things from multiple perspectives, but even I can't be completely objective. My experiences shape my reality, as they do with everyone else's. Lots of things I have to assume without solid proof, and I assume them through the lens of this reality
The human mind is built to minimize the amount of energy it uses up, and part of that process means taking shortcuts. Making assumptions, establishing patterns, forming biases, and promptly rejecting the validity of information that contradicts what we believe. We're all human, and we're all prone to these habits.
I try to inform myself and look at things from multiple perspectives, but even I can't be completely objective. My experiences shape my reality, as they do with everyone else's. Lots of things I have to assume without solid proof, and I assume them through the lens of this reality
bijouxbroussard · F
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@bijouxbroussard: That's why it's important to understand our biases, so we can know when we should take a second to reconsider the information we're given rather than outright dismiss it or the the people giving it
Winterwanderer · 26-30, M
@HalfCactus: Thanks for the well thought-out response, while I don't think minimizing energy use in the use of assumptions is necessarily best for the human mind in terms of survival, I do agree that humans are quick to make assumptions, for whatever reasons they do so, and often without much introspection.
I think we as humans may feel strongly inclined to form biases & hold to our respective systems of ideals & knowledge & the like, but I do believe we are capable of being objective, of only making assumptions where they're due, but I think such a task is difficult and most will not do so.
I think we as humans may feel strongly inclined to form biases & hold to our respective systems of ideals & knowledge & the like, but I do believe we are capable of being objective, of only making assumptions where they're due, but I think such a task is difficult and most will not do so.