juliawise comments on [SEQ RERUN] Why Are Individual IQ Differences OK? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: juliawise 13 October 2011 01:55:36AM 2 points [-]

I think it's very hard for people to overcome their priors here even after getting contradictory evidence. Does being a Bayesian and thinking of them only as priors really work on all levels of your mind?

Comment author: [deleted] 13 October 2011 02:31:36AM 2 points [-]

No, of course not! And that's part of the problem--people don't want to admit that they have certain implicit associations, so they try to signal the opposite, often at the expense of correctness. (E.g. for some employers, not appearing racist may be more important than selecting the best applicants.)