The assumption that statements from recognized authorities—institutions, experts, official sources—are inherently more objective than claims from marginalized or unofficial sources. It's not always wrong to trust expertise, but the bias lies in treating institutional authority as a guarantee of objectivity rather than one signal among many. The Authority Objectivist forgets that institutions have their own biases, their own histories of exclusion, their own incentives to protect themselves. They trust the peer-reviewed paper without asking who wasn't allowed into the conversation that produced it.
"The university study says this, so it's objective," he said, unaware of the funding sources, the demographic homogeneity of the researchers, and the centuries of institutional bias that shaped what counted as a "study" in the first place. Authority Objectivity Bias: mistaking prestige for purity.
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aethering- is stepping out of one’s usual zone, into another realm of experience, allowing one to be immersed in a moment in all its dimensions… allowing body and soul to equilibriate allowing transfer of molecules from the new environment into the core of your being. It is used in place of the word travel, to give this act deeper meaning and necessity.
We need to invest more time and resources into aethering to create growth, confidence, creativity, and life.
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Hym "Hey. I'm not the one who wants authority. You want me to respect the authority of your imaginary friend and you are killing me to shut me up. So, if an authority doesn't use it to make the pieces of shit stealing my ideas pay me enough to retire, I'm just going to kill a child. I'm not going to live as a cripple. I'm not working. You should have spent less time trying to get the rape porn off the internet and more time dealing with the targeted harassment. You sick fucks need to stop trying to use it on people or you need to keep getting your kids murdered."
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Get the Authority mug.The infinitive form of this intransitive verb is "to actor". In a scene where an actor is actoring, that person's focus on winning an award is what comes through to the audience, rather than the character that the actor is supposed to be playing. Actoring most often happens in an emotional scene full of tears, during a monologue, or while the actor is staring into space contemplatively and wistfully, but actoring can be done in almost any scene that involves a long close-up shot of the thespian's face. Most actors will actor at most once or twice during the entire run of a television show or in a single movie. But some people, such as Nicolas Cage, have a special talent for actoring.
Ppphhhh. He's actoring right now. I guess he wants an Oscar nomination. So much for the suspension of disbelief.
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Get the actoring mug.The anchoring effect is a psychological phenomenon in which an individual's judgments or decisions are influenced by a reference point or "anchor" which can be completely irrelevant, e.g. the status symbol gained by owning an iPhone on your hand.
With anchoring effect, if a person sees a luxury item priced high first, they may perceive a subsequent similar item as a bargain, even if the latter is still expensive.
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