Indeed, that "bias" is a vital mechanism that enables societies to function. Good luck getting people to live together if they look at passerbys thinking "there is a 0.34% chance that guy is a serial killer".
> What "cure" would you recommend?
Accepting that not every problem can, or needs to be, solved. Today's science/tech culture suffers from an almost cartoonish god complex seeking to manage humanity into a glorious data-driven future. That isn't going to happen, and we're better off for it. People will still die in the future, and they will still commit crimes. Tomorrow, I might be the victim, as I already have been in the past. But that doesn't mean I want the insane hyper-control that some of our so-called luminaries are pushing us towards to become reality.
Indeed, that "bias" is a vital mechanism that enables societies to function. Good luck getting people to live together if they look at passerbys thinking "there is a 0.34% chance that guy is a serial killer".
> What "cure" would you recommend?
Accepting that not every problem can, or needs to be, solved. Today's science/tech culture suffers from an almost cartoonish god complex seeking to manage humanity into a glorious data-driven future. That isn't going to happen, and we're better off for it. People will still die in the future, and they will still commit crimes. Tomorrow, I might be the victim, as I already have been in the past. But that doesn't mean I want the insane hyper-control that some of our so-called luminaries are pushing us towards to become reality.