MichaelBishop comments on The Implicit Association Test - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Yvain 25 March 2009 12:11AM

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Comment author: MichaelBishop 26 March 2009 03:36:53PM 7 points [-]

But building skyscrapers (and high-density cities more generally) is the most environmentally sustainable thing we can do. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/the-lorax-was-wrong-skyscrapers-are-green/

Your main point, however, is right on.

Comment author: Annoyance 26 March 2009 07:54:37PM 4 points [-]

Associating skyscrapers with New York doesn't constitute approval for either.

You might truly abhor racial prejudice and still recognize that black people are usually portrayed in a negative light, and thus "blackness" and "bad" are associated in your mind. That's not being prejudiced as such.