- 08 Feb 2017 12:22
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I would say that we don't need to have unbiased thoughts, or rather the hunt for them is always going to be fruitless considering how we interact with data and information.
The next best thing (which IMO is our only option) is to understand our biases and emotional triggers and therefore learn to come at the issues from different angles. One of the simplest and most powerful triggers is the pushing of a binary (attraction/repulsion) attitude, this is so powerful that it can be used in the vast majority of cases without any more nuance being needed.
A tool to use against this is described in the article I cited in the OP of 'Is Three a Magic Number?, it seems a simplistic approach, but sometimes a simple tool is the most effective foil to a simple strategy, no matter how powerful.
One Degree wrote:I don't know how much of this is deliberate, but it is something I enjoy thinking and theorizing about. Take the more extreme posters for example. We know that everything we know is stored along with sights, smells, sounds, and emotions that occurred at the time we learned each thing. Does this mean our more extreme views were learned from very emotional presentations? We are resistant to changing them due to the emotion embedded with them? This is of course why emotional propaganda can have such long term effects. Is it possible for us to even have an unbiased thought considering how we store information? Curious to hear other opinions.
Edit: I often think of @Rhetoric Thugs posts in relation to this. The media message is saturated with emotional triggers.
I would say that we don't need to have unbiased thoughts, or rather the hunt for them is always going to be fruitless considering how we interact with data and information.
The next best thing (which IMO is our only option) is to understand our biases and emotional triggers and therefore learn to come at the issues from different angles. One of the simplest and most powerful triggers is the pushing of a binary (attraction/repulsion) attitude, this is so powerful that it can be used in the vast majority of cases without any more nuance being needed.
A tool to use against this is described in the article I cited in the OP of 'Is Three a Magic Number?, it seems a simplistic approach, but sometimes a simple tool is the most effective foil to a simple strategy, no matter how powerful.