What is bias? (Re: should we continue?)

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How do you define bias?

Is our own thinking unbiased?

This question has troubled me many times in past but haven't found the
right answer. Since, your statement brings an interesting connection
between this list's purpose and my quest, it gives me a reason to raise
this topic here.

Sunil

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Ratnendra Pandey <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks for saving me from going back to Facebook or Whatsapp.
>
>
> I have stopped patronizing Facebook and Google to the extent I can since
> they starting inserting bias in their algorithms to influence the elections
> in favor of the  candidate that lost.
>
> I do not trust google searches  to give me an unbiased results. And I have
> not visited my Facebook account for years.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ratnendra Pandey
>
>
>

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v>Sunil<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon=
, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Ratnendra Pandey <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D=
"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;</s=
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<p>Thanks for saving me from going back to Facebook or Whatsapp.</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>I have stopped patronizing Facebook and Google to the extent I can since=
 they starting inserting bias in their algorithms to influence the election=
s in favor of the =C2=A0candidate that lost.</p>
<p>I do not trust google searches =C2=A0to give me an unbiased results. And=
 I have not visited my Facebook account for years.=C2=A0</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Ratnendra Pandey</p>
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