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As a comedian and satirist you have to be neutral, because everyone's fair game. Once you show bias, you lose that. — Bill Bailey

An unintentionally hilarious 84 percent of users answer this match question: Would you consider dating someone who has vocalized a strong negative bias toward a certain race of people? In the absolute negative, choosing 'No' over 'Yes' and 'It Depends.' In light of the previous data, that means 84 percent of people on OKCupid would not consider dating someone on OKCupid. — Christian Rudder

Illusion of transparency: We always know what we mean by our words, and so we expect others to know it too. Reading our own writing, the intended interpretation falls easily into place, guided by our knowledge of what we really meant. It's hard to empathize with someone who must interpret blindly, guided only by the words. Be not too quick to blame those who misunderstand your perfectly clear sentences, spoken or written. Chances are, your words are more ambiguous than you think. — Eliezer Yudkowsky Rationality:...

We can learn from history, but we can also deceive ourselves when we selectively take evidence from the past to justify what we have already made up our minds to do. — Margaret MacMillan

There is no such thing as an innocent reading, we must ask what reading we are guilty of. — Louis Althusser

When critics surrender to the prevailing orthodoxy, the author says they adopt the rhetoric of an occupied country, one that expects no liberation from liberation.

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