Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.
About this quote
- 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
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be fully objective?
- What shapes your view?
Another view
Striving for neutrality has value.
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