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It is one of the origins of [[editorial bias]] but is usually rooted in a [[w:cognitive bias]] (one's "life" and the events of it), [[w:cultural bias]] and [[w:confirmation bias]] (one's "loyalty" to a group and its ideals) and also the [[w:infrastructural capital]] (one's "locality" and environment that affords one daily actions, e.g. roads and stairs versus rivers and trees). | It is one of the origins of [[editorial bias]] but is usually rooted in a [[w:cognitive bias]] (one's "life" and the events of it), [[w:cultural bias]] and [[w:confirmation bias]] (one's "loyalty" to a group and its ideals) and also the [[w:infrastructural capital]] (one's "locality" and environment that affords one daily actions, e.g. roads and stairs versus rivers and trees). | ||
It is not possible to simply lose one's bias. But one can challenge it or ask it to be challenged, e.g. by entering an [[w:adversarial process]]. | It is not possible to simply lose one's bias. But one can challenge it or ask it to be challenged, e.g. by entering an [[w:adversarial process]]. Making this a habit can be dangerous, as the individual's unique perspective is also the source of their '''creativity''' - which is itself a form of unique bias. | ||
[[Methodological pluralism]] suggests that one must from time to time behave according to the opposite of rules one usually applies. This is actually the principle behind some festivals, like Mardi Gras. | The idea of '''recreation'''' can be taken to mean re-creation of one's [[individual capital]]. [[Methodological pluralism]] suggests that one must from time to time behave according to the opposite of rules one usually applies. This is actually the principle behind some festivals, like Mardi Gras. | ||
[[Groupthink]] is usually a function of failing to challenge biases, which just lets them be summed up to become a sort of group opinion, e.g. as in an [[echo chamber]]. | |||
[[Faction]]s are useful in part because they reinforce some explicit biases that everyone knows about (because the [[factionally defined]] terms make it pretty clear what this explicit [[basis for unity]] is), but also require the '''individual''' to make some compromises on their other biases to get along socially. In other words, the [[instructional capital]] of the faction shapes [[individual capital]] and integrates it to help build [[social capital]]. One may well ask whether there is really any other way to do this. | |||