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What does it mean?
Everyone is biased, even those who claim to be impartial.
In plain terms
No one is truly impartial.
What can you take from it?
Bias is universal and sometimes natural.

Where it applies

  • debate
  • decision-making

Putting it to work

  • acknowledge bias
  • seek multiple views

Questions to consider

  • Can you be fully objective?
  • What shapes your view?

Another view

Striving for neutrality has value.

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