Lesswrong Quote by Eliezer Yudkowsky

“Ironically, some of the most foolish, prejudiced comments made were the ones by wits and grumps trying to impress others with their brains.”

— Criss Jami

“Unless you are mindful of a mind full of biases, Biases will fool you into behaving most mindless.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“The irony is that when you set out to remove bias you use your own possibly unconscious biases in deciding what's harmful and what…

— James Rickards

“What makes the bias particularly pernicious is that we all recognize this bias in others but not in ourselves.”

— Richard H. Thaler

“Prejudice is merely a consecration of stupidity.”

— Maurizio de Giovanni

“Unable to see their own biases, most people will simply drive each other crazy arguing rather than accept answers that contradict what they already…

— Thomas M. Nichols

“Prejudices are holes in people's general knowledge, filled with negative nonsense.”

— M.Z.Riffi

I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do…

— Anonymous

“There should be a word for an attitude between snobbish and unconscious, describing someone who doesn't realize how strongly he holds his own opinions.”

— Edmond Manning

“It took me a long time to learn that proving people wrong is purposeless, fighting stupidity is futile, and formal recognition prevents people from…

— Barry Eisler

“Biased people are seen as prejudicial and unfair, arrogant and overly confident of their position. Nobody wants to be identified as someone who is…

— J. Warner Wallace

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to…

— Wilma Mankiller