#Bias

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

On 9 July we wrote and on 10 July we issued proceedings against @michaelgove for unlawfully awarding a hugely lucrative contract to Public First, run by long time associates of

Michael Overton

overtonmichael7

@dataremixed recently posted a good thread on the need for data literacy and how it is needed to fight emerging societal problems. This is something a few colleagues @slizlarson @profstevek

celestekidd

celestekidd

Here's my 3-minute opening statement from #AIDebate2 [as a thread]. My lab @BerkeleyPsych studies how humans form beliefs and build knowledge in the world. In particular, we focus on how

John Roman

JohnKRoman

Step 1 on reimagining policing-- shifting traffic enforcement from police to civilians. This experiment is beginning to go live around the country. Here's a story from DC's wealthy but very

Christopher Curtis

titocurtis

1. A society should be judged on how it treats its most vulnerable. This doesn’t just mean the elderly, the sick and the poor. It means addicts, sex workers, religious

Kostas on F.I.R.E. 🔥

itsKostasOnFIRE

Confirmation Bias and Investing How this behavioral fallacy affects your investing decisions/THREAD/ 1/ Confirmation bias is a behavioral fallacy from the field of cognitive psychology.It is attributed to people

Dr. Sarah, MD

SarahThooft

Why do we treat mental pain differently than physical pain?//A thread// Little disclaimer before we start:I don't make this post to create controversy. I just want to highlight the cultural

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

(THREAD) This is a tiny potato. This tiny potato is much larger than the "nano-potato"—the smallest conceivable potato—that is the DOJ's prosecution of Kevin Clinesmith. Read and RT this brief

I’ll buy the snackssss

justjustine92

the ‘black’ or ‘biracial’ talk AGAIN. If my children’s father is white, they will be mixed race. It’s funny how you all claim to want to dismantle white supremacy yet

Tom Rosenstiel

TomRosenstiel

6... To understand objectivity’s true meaning, think of transparency of method and discipline of verification. Objectivity is not neutrality or disinterestedness. Those notions invite unconscious bias--the very problem the objective

emmaia gelman

mishmoshk

JFC. The ADL, a white-run anti-bias org, just posted their “how to talk to your kids” explanation of George Floyd's murder and BLM protests. It’s horrific.https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/george-floyd-r

Dr. Joanne Freeman

jbf1755

The events of January 6 were an advertisement of threats:Of rising militant violenceOf people spurning democracyOf rising extremism in the Republican PartyOf racism in law enforcement (what would have happened

Jordan Satterfield

jrsatterfield

It's easy to think that those who don't think like you, don't think. Or they just want government handouts. Or... Just had a good political discussion with a young adult

words are weapons ⚡

vimoh

A Washington Post report has today said that in the Bhima Koregaon case, many activists who were arrested for allegedly plotting the overthrow of the Indian government were actually framed.

Giant Futures

sfgiantfutures

Alright, for those into the structure side of the minors and what’s coming in 2021, let’s dig into this new reporting by @BaseballAmerica and @jjcoop36. Warning: I’m gonna get a

Jess DeLoach

jessicaxan

We should all care about the considerable and often unchecked power possessed by social media companies. Yes, Donald Trump violated the terms of service as set forth by the entities

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