Tag: Honesty

We All Have Bias… A Lot Of It

“Our past experiences shape our biases, which act as lenses in front of our eyes. Everything we see is interpreted after being filtered through the lenses of our bias…”

by guest contributor Jack Baldwin

A small, yet important point to make regarding political discourse: do not believe anyone that purports to be speaking from pure objectivity. I am certain I am not speaking to anything more than a tiny minority. Yet, as appeals to authority have increasingly been taken less and less seriously (since the day someone first wondered if that dude is telling the truth that he is delivering the word of God), I do believe this point raises some broadly encompassing questions about our biases.

Without trying to sound philosophical, and without linking you to the plethora of scientific studies exploring this idea, it is safe to assume that every human being on planet earth experiences life in different ways, and our experiences all lend themselves to shaping our worldview. When we experience or consider something new, the subject in question is immediately sent to consult with the experiences already stored as memories in our heads. Only after being held up to scrutiny at the mercy of our previous experiences, and our feelings towards them, will our initial feelings towards the new experience be defined. Continue reading “We All Have Bias… A Lot Of It”