The Bailout Bias

Robert Wright on optimism

The optimism is premature.

The Cultural Bias of Genetics

Such is the gender bias.

10.5 Gender bias in textbooks

SP ... These four things. Prospect theory, hyperbolic discounting, status quo bias, base rate bias. They're all well documented.

The Realism of Global Optimism

But this optimism is misplaced.

History provides grounds for optimism.

Gender equality overcoming pervasive gender bias

Such experiences provide grounds for optimism.

Deflation discourages optimism about the future.

Optimism has given way to doubt.

There is little reason for optimism.

Of course, some bias is involved here.

But what about other kinds of bias?

Larry Brilliant makes the case for optimism

Unfortunately, history provides little cause for optimism.

But there are strong grounds for optimism.

But such optimism may not be warranted.

There may be a deeper bias at work.

But even this comparison involves a selection bias.

You know, I can't promise my child a life without bias we're all biased but I promise to bias my child with multiple perspectives.

Life in Gaza has bled away my optimism.

Arab diplomats also show few signs of optimism.

The fifth source of optimism is slightly paradoxical.

Here again, history gives no cause for optimism.

But this bias against educating girls starts even earlier.

It would be natural to suspect us of bias.

And there's another cognitive bias I'll call confirmation bias, where we tend to accept data that confirms our beliefs and reject data that contradicts our beliefs.

But prospects for political reform do not inspire optimism.

After 38 years of conflict, Colombians optimism is striking.

You could see a cautious optimism in everyone's eyes.

There are many reasons why such optimism is not unreasonable.

The dominant note was one of complacency or even optimism.

American optimism became as much a curse as a blessing.

'Without optimism...we won't be able to start moving forward'

There have also been other signs generating optimism this year.

No, it well, it has kind of a right leaning bias.

Anecdotal evidence of publication bias has existed for a long time.

Some traces of gender bias attitude still remain in school textbooks.

Nor would there be any bias in the naturalization of children.

It could be attributable to inadequate training, bias or political pressure.

But optimism foundered over the course of 2013, and frustration soared.