biases Archives - Mostly Science

biases Archives - Mostly Science

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In Defence: Taking on the Natural Ruse

Bryce Harper June 18, 2016

The GMO “debate” never strays far from the headlines. Almost every person I know has an opinion on the matter, and I cannot stomach that. As Patrick Stokes, senior lecturer in philosophy at the Deakin ...

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Cognitive Biases and “Doing Your Own Research”, Part 2 – The Social Biases

Dr. Christopher Haggarty-Weir March 9, 2013

These prejudices are exhibited by all of us at some point, so whilst their elimination is arguably not possible, we should still aim to reduce our social bias.

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Cognitive Biases and “Doing Your Own Research”, Part 1 – Decision Making, Belief and Behavioural Biases

Dr. Christopher Haggarty-Weir February 25, 2013

So after what seemed to be positive reception to my previous article on logical fallacies to look out for when doing your own research online, I wanted to follow up with another area that leads ...

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