"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

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"It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations."

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"We are more likely to trust a person who is easier to read; they're easier to believe. Or we tend to think that an energetic and happy person will be more productive. Even traits such as competence, dominance, and courage can be conveyed by certain facial expressions and will stimulate unconscious bias."

Susan C. Young, American Author

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"That was excellently observed', say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

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"If I see only my bias, I have surrendered to a single myopic lens through which to view the world. If I dare to surrender my bias, I will spend the rest of my life seeing the world and throwing away lenses."

Craig D. Lounsbrough, American Author

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"I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own fundamental gender bias, which makes it inclined towards the wellbeing of women, over the wellbeing of the whole society. And if history has shown anything, it is that such fundamental biases in time corrupt even the most glorious ideas and give birth to prejudice, bigotry and differentiation."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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"Archer wouldn't consider her allowance of the guard to be evidence of the powers of rational argument. He'd take it as proof that she was in love with whichever of her guards was the most handsome."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

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"A key to the mentality of the left is that it judges itself by its best intentions, and judges its opponents - America chief among them - by their worst deeds."

David Horowitz, American Writer

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"The word 'spinster' tells you everything you need to know about our attitude of women who choose not to marry."

Caitlin Moran, British Journalist

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"While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"The stubbornly doubter always wants to be heardby listens to nothing and misconstrues everything."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Bias, Perception, Truth, Power, Regret

"The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual's personal needs."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

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