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  2. Cultural depictions of blindness - Wikipedia

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    Having been blind from birth, she is portrayed as having very confused ideas about the world—she is unaware, for instance, that there is any physical difference between herself and Arthur, and later expresses a belief that his face is made of gold. Her blindness is eventually cured through Merlin's magic.

  3. Observer bias - Wikipedia

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    As such, the observers, being the teachers who conduct tests and evaluate the results, have a bias and preconceived belief that boys will outperform girls, which impacts on their behaviour. To complement blind or masked protocols and research, further strategies including standardised training for observers and researchers about how to record ...

  4. Faith and rationality - Wikipedia

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    In contrast to faith meaning blind trust, in the absence of evidence, even in the teeth of evidence, Alister McGrath quotes Oxford Anglican theologian W. H. Griffith-Thomas (1861–1924), who states faith is "not blind, but intelligent" and "commences with the conviction of the mind based on adequate evidence", which McGrath sees as "a good and ...

  5. Faith - Wikipedia

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    The word translated as "faith" in English-language editions of the New Testament, the Greek word πίστις (pístis), can also be translated as "belief", "faithfulness", or "trust". [13] Faith can also be translated from the Greek verb πιστεύω ( pisteuo ), meaning "to trust, to have confidence, faithfulness, to be reliable, to assure ...

  6. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    False priors are initial beliefs and knowledge which interfere with the unbiased evaluation of factual evidence and lead to incorrect conclusions. Biases based on false priors include: Agent detection bias , the inclination to presume the purposeful intervention of a sentient or intelligent agent .

  7. Bias blind spot - Wikipedia

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    The bias blind spot is the cognitive bias of recognizing the impact of biases on the judgment of others, while failing to see the impact of biases on one's own judgment. [1] The term was created by Emily Pronin, a social psychologist from Princeton University 's Department of Psychology , with colleagues Daniel Lin and Lee Ross .

  8. Cognitive bias - Wikipedia

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    Belief bias: Tendency to evaluate the logical strength of an argument based on current belief and perceived plausibility of the statement's conclusion. Framing: Tendency to narrow the description of a situation in order to guide to a selected conclusion. The same primer can be framed differently and therefore lead to different conclusions ...

  9. Moral blindness - Wikipedia

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    Moral blindness, also known as ethical blindness, is defined as a person's temporary inability to see the ethical aspect of a decision they are making. It is often caused by external factors due to which an individual is unable to see the immoral aspect of their behavior in that particular situation.