I almost fell into the bias trap. As my confidence has grown, I’ve learned to critically challenge my own thinking. In this instance, it prevented me from allowing a personal bias from sending an erroneous message. Background A friend, who … Continued
Sometimes the universe repeats its message until I finally get it…that’s the case with cause and effect relationships? Years ago I read a book entitled Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky in which he said: “…judgment must be made in … Continued
An old adage that says ignorance is bliss. Nassim Taleb, in his book Fooled by Randomness, suggests that it is important that we accept “the lack of certainty in our knowledge” and that we develop methods for dealing with our … Continued
President Trump’s frequent accusations of “fake news” and journalists admonishments that we, consumers of news, don’t employ enough variety in our news sources are both examples of bias…beliefs firmly held, but slanted. While we bemoan the bias others exhibit, we … Continued