Re: What is bias? (Re: should we continue?)
Arun Mehta <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:45:50 +0530
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--===============1371430017097508598== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1138eb8e518c98054dab6130 --001a1138eb8e518c98054dab6130 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Bias is one of many factors that have an impact on the reliability of information. Anything posted here is critically examined by experts. So, if it passes muster here, it is more trustworthy, IMO. Arun Mehta On Apr 21, 2017 3:55 PM, "Sunil Chandra" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > India-gii mailing list > India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected] > https://lists.india-gii.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii > > --001a1138eb8e518c98054dab6130 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Bias is one of many factors that have an impact on the relia= bility of information. Anything posted here is critically examined by exper= ts. So, if it passes muster here, it is more trustworthy, IMO.<br> Arun Mehta</p> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Apr 21, 2017 3= :55 PM, "Sunil Chandra" <<a href=3D"mailto:chandra.sunil@gmail= .com">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br type=3D"attribution"><block= quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc= solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">How do you define bias?<div><br><= /div><div>Is our own thinking unbiased?</div><div><br></div><div>This quest= ion has troubled me many times in past but haven't found the right answ= er. Since, your statement brings an interesting connection between this lis= t's purpose and my quest, it gives me a reason to raise this topic here= .</div><div><br></div><div>Sunil<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div cla= ss=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Ratnendra Pandey <span d= ir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">pand= [email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s= tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div id=3D"m_7650050745517944529m_-655856905434583702divtagdefaultwrapper" = style=3D"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,s= ans-serif" dir=3D"ltr"> <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> <br><div class=3D"m_7650050745517944529hm m_7650050745517944529HOEnZb"><br>= </div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div> <br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br> India-gii mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected]">India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected]= org</a><br> <a href=3D"https://lists.india-gii.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii" rel=3D"n= oreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.india-gii.org/<wbr>mailman/listi= nfo/india-gii</a><br> <br></blockquote></div></div> --001a1138eb8e518c98054dab6130-- --===============1371430017097508598== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KSW5kaWEtZ2lp IG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApJbmRpYS1naWlAbGlzdHMuaW5kaWEtZ2lpLm9yZwpodHRwczovL2xpc3Rz LmluZGlhLWdpaS5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9pbmRpYS1naWkK --===============1371430017097508598==--