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December 10, 2005
Don't Assume...It makes an a** of "u" and "me"
I particularly enjoyed the guest speaker who gave the class the test where he told us a story, and later asked us questions--testing our natural assumptions and how easily our minds made connections. While I had heard the story and question before, I enjoyed the emphasis on objectivity. Almost all careers in our field require a level of objectivity and the speaker's example proved his point. While the story never mentioned the gender of protagonist, the class automatically assumed the character was a male. Such assumption ultimately cloud our judgments and I thank the speaker for showing us how easily we can become biased individuals.
Posted by jxw115 at December 10, 2005 08:49 AM
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I completely agree with your comments on our guest speaker. I found the exercise he gave us really fascinating, especially the point you made about the class assuming the store owner was a male. It's very interesting how many "facts" our brain automatically assumes without looking for evidence to back them up. I also found it very interesting how he broke the story down into very technical pieces. After reading the story the first time, I thought all the information we needed was provided, when actually, the story was full of holes.
Posted by: Liz Basich at December 10, 2005 11:02 PM
My mind is like a bunch of nothing, but I guess it doesn't bother me. I haven't been up to anything recently. I've pretty much been doing nothing to speak of.
Posted by: Sten62867 at December 26, 2006 09:55 AM
I've just been staying at home waiting for something to happen. Whatever. Not much on my mind lately. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Sten54987 at December 27, 2006 03:13 PM
I just don't have much to say these days, but so it goes. Today was a total loss. I guess it doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Sten1598 at January 6, 2007 04:57 AM
I've just been hanging out not getting anything done. What can I say? I've basically been doing nothing worth mentioning, but pfft. Not that it matters. Pretty much nothing exciting happening to speak of. I haven't been up to much these days.
Posted by: Sten36380 at January 6, 2007 08:44 PM