Ecological Human Services Management
Can – Did – Confirmation Bias
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 0:11:05
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Gary: Thanks for joining me. Let’s suppose that we are screening someone for an important role. It could be anything from fixing our computer to becoming a regular date. What all do we take into consideration? Sure, there are many factors that may be important but two stand out. Let’s explore can and did. It was Henry Wadsworth Longfellow who said, "We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Although Longfellow’s pronouncement has superficial plausibility, it’s merely an example of polar logic. One pole is what you feel capable of doing and the other is what you have already done. The judgment reduces to can and did. You judge yourself based on “can” and others judge you based on “did” according to Longfellow. The reality is that such judgments rarely reduce to either can ... or ... did, for you or for others who judge you. Let’s look first at can. If this is a judgment you make about yourself, is it reasonable to make it without considering “