Bias And Perception

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.4 • 21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

How does bias distort our thinking, our listening, our beliefs... and even our search results? How can we fight it? This hour, TED speakers explore ideas about the unconscious biases that shape us. Guests include writer and broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied, climatologist J. Marshall Shepherd, journalist Andreas Ekström, and experimental psychologist Tony Salvador.

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0:40.0	So, say you were just walking down the street.
0:43.0	And you happened to pass by a young woman wearing a traditional Islamic head scarf
0:48.0	and loose fitting clothing.
0:50.0	What would you think of her?
0:52.0	What assumptions would you make?
0:54.0	People generally assume that I'm a migrant.
0:58.0	Maybe my English is not so good.
1:00.0	Maybe generally there is an assumption that I maybe I don't work.
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