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Nick Byrd, Ph.D.

If your objection to something is just “it's biased”, then you do not yet have an objection.

I mention #theBiasFallacy in "Strategic Reflectivism":
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2505.22987

and explain it on my #blog: https://byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy

#logic #argumentation #debate #edu #criticalThinking

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"'They’re biased, so they’re wrong!' That’s a fallacy. We can call it the bias fallacy. Here’s why it’s a fallacy: being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. So when someone jumps from the observation that So-and-so is biased to the conclusion that So-and-so is wrong, they commit the bias fallacy. It’s that simple.

In this post, I’ll give some examples of the fallacy, explain the fallacy, and then suggest how we should respond to the bias fallacy."

https://byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy — "'They’re biased, so they’re wrong!' That’s a fallacy. We can call it the bias fallacy. Here’s why it’s a fallacy: being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. So when someone jumps from the observation that So-and-so is biased to the conclusion that So-and-so is wrong, they commit the bias fallacy. It’s that simple. In this post, I’ll give some examples of the fallacy, explain the fallacy, and then suggest how we should respond to the bias fallacy." https://byrdnick.com/archives/11072/the-bias-fallacy

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.

The Bias Fallacy

“They’re biased, so they’re wrong!” That’s a fallacy. Why? Because being biased doesn’t entail being wrong. In this post, I’ll explain the bias fallacy, gi…

arXiv.org

Strategic Reflectivism In Intelligent Systems

By late 20th century, the rationality wars had launched debates about the nature and norms of intuitive and reflective thinking. Those debates drew from mid-20th century ideas such as bounded rationality, which challenged more idealized notions of rationality observed since the 19th century. Now that 21st century cognitive scientists are applying the resulting dual pro-cess theories to artificial intelligence, it is time to dust off some lessons from this history. So this paper synthesizes old ideas with recent results from experiments on humans and machines. The result is Strategic Reflec-tivism, the position that one key to intelligent systems (human or artificial) is pragmatic switching between intuitive and reflective inference to opti-mally fulfill competing goals. Strategic Reflectivism builds on American Pragmatism, transcends superficial indicators of reflective thinking such as model size or chains of thought, applies to both individual and collective intelligence systems (including human-AI teams), and becomes increasingly actionable as we learn more about the value of intuition and reflection.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Are You YES AI or No AI?

https://voteyesornoai.com

#HackerNews #Are #You #YES #AI #or #No #AI? #AI #Debate #AI #Opinions #Technology #Trends #Future #of #AI

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 4 weeks ago

Germany's shut down of nuclear plants a 'huge mistake', says Merz

https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/01/germanys-shut-down-of-nuclear-plants-a-huge-mistake-says-merz/

#HackerNews #Germany #Nuclear #Energy #Merz #EnergyPolicy #Debate

Brussels Signal

Germany’s shut down of nuclear plants a ‘huge mistake’, says Merz

Germany’s decision to shut down all its nuclear power plants was a “huge mistake” and has come at a high cost to the economy, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said yesterday, speaking to the German Chamber…

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last month

LMArena is a cancer on AI

https://surgehq.ai/blog/lmarena-is-a-plague-on-ai

#HackerNews #LMArena #AI #cancer #controversy #critique #debate #technology

LMArena is a cancer on AI

Would you trust a medical system whose only metric was “which doctor wins the Internet?” No, you'd call that malpractice. Yet that's LMArena.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last month

We don't need more contributors who aren't programmers to contribute code

https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-llvm-ai-tool-policy-human-in-the-loop/89159

#HackerNews #programming #community #contributor #debate #AI #tools #LLVM

Warm Signull

@warmsignull@mastodon.social · last month

Do you have a topic you want to debate, but no one willing to sit with the complexity instead of rushing to conclusions?

I am here for that kind of conversation.

Let us think out loud without turning it into a performance.

#ThoughtfulConversation #DeepThinking #Nuance #Complexity #CriticalThinking
#Ideas #Debate #IntellectualCuriosity #Philosophy #LongTermThinking
#FediMeta #AskFedi #WritersOfFedi #TechCulture #IndieWeb #OpenWeb

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Mysti – Claude, Codex, and Gemini debate your code, then synthesize

https://github.com/DeepMyst/Mysti

#HackerNews #Mysti #Claude #Codex #Gemini #Debate #Synthesize

GitHub

GitHub - DeepMyst/Mysti: AI coding dream team of agents for VS Code. Claude Code + openai Codex collaborate in brainstorm mode, debate solutions, and synthesize the best approach for your code.

AI coding dream team of agents for VS Code. Claude Code + openai Codex collaborate in brainstorm mode, debate solutions, and synthesize the best approach for your code. - DeepMyst/Mysti

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?

https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.html

#HackerNews #AI #Tax #Debate #Technology #Ethics #Future #of #Work #Automation

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Delivery robots take over Chicago sidewalks, sparking debate and a petition

https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/08/delivery-robots-take-over-chicago-sidewalks-sparking-debate-and-a-petition-to-hit-pause/

#HackerNews #DeliveryRobots #ChicagoSidewalks #Debate #Petition #UrbanMobility #Automation

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Feynman vs. Computer

https://entropicthoughts.com/feynman-vs-computer

#HackerNews #Feynman #Computer #Debate #Science #Technology #Innovation

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Isn't WSL2 just a VM?

https://ssg.dev/isnt-wsl2-just-a-vm/

#HackerNews #WSL2 #VM #Debate #WSL2 #Tech #Insights #Virtualization #HackerNews

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Response to Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language

https://robbyonrails.com/articles/2025/12/01/why-so-serious/

#HackerNews #Response #to #Ruby #Is #Not #a #Serious #Programming #Language #Ruby #Programming #Language #Hacker #News #Tech #Debate #Software #Development

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

I don't care how well your "AI" works

https://fokus.cool/2025/11/25/i-dont-care-how-well-your-ai-works.html

#HackerNews #AI #technology #skepticism #innovation #discourse #debate

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

@blogdiva@mastodon.social · last year

and before i go, let me say it again:

74 MILLION AMERICANS ARE GLUED & BOUND BY RACISM TO DONALD TRUMP, DEMENTED OR NOT

THIS IS THE CRISIS

one could say white supremacy is a form of malignant narcissism when it dictates who you are. when whiteness dictates what you do, racism becomes a form of sociopathy & sadism. when white supremacy & racism dictate policy it's machiavellism.

TONI MORRISON TRIED TO WARN Y'ALL and here we are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2txzMkT5Pc

#2024Elections #debate

jaz :twt: :wales_flag: boosted

Hywel Mallett

@hmallett@toot.wales · 8 months ago

Please help settle a “discussion point”.
What colour is this t-shirt?
#colour #debate #Barmouth

A picture of a t-shirt for the Barmouth 10k race, 2025. Maybe it’s blue. Maybe it’s green. Maybe it’s turquoise.

Hywel Mallett

@hmallett@toot.wales · 8 months ago

Please help settle a “discussion point”.
What colour is this t-shirt?
#colour #debate #Barmouth