Paul Bloom: Can prejudice ever be a good thing?

We often think of bias and prejudice as rooted in ignorance. But as psychologist Paul Bloom seeks to show, prejudice is often natural, rational ... even moral. The key, says Bloom, is to understand how our own biases work - so we can take control when they go wrong.
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[@naisiralexander2915]

Teacher told me to watch this for homework

[@haileynoel2970]

Same 😂 we have to write something to on this from a question

[@LordsChild19]

Same, social psych here.

[@probrojo4657]

same

[@saffronic3026]

English 11 in Highschool

[@chantells4879]

These damn teachers 😂

[@ductuslupus87]

"Prejudice and Bias are natural, they're often rational and are often even moral". *Camera shoots to a black woman*

[@GearZNet]

Yo, I thought I was the only one who noticed.

[@bluethyme]

it was the black woman with grudge against whites, her tedtalk here - /watch?v=k9fmJ5xQ_mc

[@allthewaylivemedia]

@@bluethyme That's not a grudge against whites. She never even mentioned that the person who offended her was white.

[@OsofoGriot]

Excellent talk! This feels like he took the truths that are everywhere, but no-one really talks about, and then turned it into a speech - which is what my favourite TED talks seem to do.

[@ProtectedClassTest]

Wow! I have taken his online course on moralities of everyday life and it was an eye opener. It is so great to see him talk in TED, he's a wonderful speaker!

[@KateMeowFrr]

It's a very interesting talk but also all over the place in a way. I think I need to re-watch it to fully understand.

[@make-upandmakayla2127]

Im here for way too difficult homework

[@uks1478]

Me too XD

[@jellyarrington1477]

Same

[@shravani.a]

I'm here only because my teacher asked me to be.

[@mimansapurohit2435]

i feel you ...

[@hanafromtunisia6545]

This is so precious ! I am using this to enrich my presentation in Oral expression . This was uploaded in 2014 but masterpieces never die !

[@minimaxhall]

What a refreshing talk. Feels great to finally get some good articulation and information about subjects that I have been pondering a lot on lately myself. :)

[@jakeceder]

Great talk about a touchy subject!

[@32fields]

The essence of freedom is choice. Out of choice comes prejudice. It is our right to decide the things that are beneficial to ourselves.

[@russianwithmasha6992]

Wonderful！very interesting, thank you

[@George4943]

We are closer emotionally to people who are closer physically. If you're not near the one you love, love the one you're near. This is just human beings being human. "Love your _neighbor_ as yourself," for he interacts with you unlike those non-neighbors. 'Twas ever thus. The neighborhood is growing by leaps and bounds. We are emotionally involved with those like us around the world now. Their stories are our stories. We can see, yes we are like them. We like people who are like us, and we like people who like us. How big is your neighborhood?

[@mariacarolinaguerrero9610]

Great! Loved the examples.

[@valken666]

I have prejudice against the speaker moving like a pendulum. But it's a bad one, I guess I should use reason to control myself. All fun aside, he did a good job on his last phrase. Use reason to increase goodness so that we wont be bad. This guy is smart, actually. More than I expected.

[@Lumpyrox1412]

I love this guy!

[@MissLionRose]

Lumpyrox he's a fantastic teacher!

[@jellyarrington1477]

Omg I love your profile picture. Is my boy rock lee

[@nhatnamphan9694]

1. Định kiến thiên vị 2. Điều nhỏ bé thôi thúc hành động hơn Grateful ❤

[@SM-ex7ti]

Gotta love good ol' reason.

[@iainjames03]

I've always thought prejudice was an entirely natural and (to some extent) uncontrollable thing - it's just how a person *acts* on their prejudices which can be good or bad. That's what *tolerance* means - an understanding and acceptance that there are differences between people (whether major - like gender or race, or more trivial - like musical tastes or favourite foods) without any feeling of superiority, animosity, envy and the like.

[@thisisntallowed9560]

This is also what snobs can't do

[@user-gr4vc9tj6t]

this video deserves more attention

[@user-wl2rb3rh5c]

Might be better this way though, seems like people take it in better/more seriously

[@RitsychServare]

I can't help but agree AND disagree on this topic. See, when it comes to prejudice it's almost always going to result in a negative consequence once the individual takes it further so that it provides him/her more benefit. At the same time, acknowledging the fact that prejudice has its limitation in bringing one's understanding to the truth whether it's about culture, race, gender, orientation, or religion can be a positive thing but not necessarily good. I guess it has to do with the fact that in history there's more evidence that shows how much prejudice brought separation or hostility between different groups of people. I'd say prejudice supports a individual or like-minded individuals' selfish goals in one way or another.

[@George4943]

We like people who are like us.

[@Exceltrainingvideos]

All religions are impartial and reason can create a better world. One of the best talks I've heard!

[@beautifulquitters8763]

Kindness can create a livable world. We have had "reason".

[@jarojoe6938]

I agree that prejudice is often useful and natural, however these claims of it being "moral" or "good" is a bit of a stretch. Saving your kin over another just is what is and nothing more. Lol btw I love how they cut to the black chick round the :40 second mark

[@corpusc]

hahaha i had to rewind and watch that a couple times. because her reaction was subtle enough that i wasn't sure. also i was watching the people around her to see if they looked like they were trying not to look at her reaction to it. 8) i understood what the speaker was getting at, but he didn't really make sure to clearly explain it well. i'm gonna leave my explanation now, for how it can (in the right context) be a good thing, when not directed towards people.

[@mikel.3470]

Sigmund Freud also thought "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" - but we know now it isn't "just" a cigar. Saving your kin over another is not "what is and nothing more" some of us (me) would save a stranger before some of my "kin"

[@anonymouse27]

+Legend Length It is actually quite different, because you have emotional bonds and a lived history with your family, and you do not with strangers of your own race. Not arguing with side, but thought I would point out the fallacy there.

[@filipedecarvalho3390]

It's not entirely accurate either to say that you need to have a "lived history" in order to feel connected to a person of your family. Usually, knowing that you share certain genes is enough for preferring them over complete strangers. Emotional bonds are also created by culture and the sense of belonging to a group. There is the abstract notion that your neighbor or fellow countryperson shares certain values with you. If you are a patriot, you would probably value someone's life more if you knew that person was someone from your region/country. Empathy is, by definition, the emotional reaction of putting yourself into someone else's shoes.

[@davidbezerra7934]

Leiam o livro "Em defesa do preconceito" de Theodore Dalrymple. Read the book "In Praise of Prejudice" of psychiatrist Theodore Dalrymple

[@pmyou2]

You have underscored the way so many people, ostensibly moral, religious people, can prevent themselves from actually understanding what they see before themselves in the world. From there comes so much selfishness and ignorance. To stop thinking is to fail at your own humanity. Thank you.

[@GOCUTUBER]

The biggest stumbling block of being prejudice is that there can be some truth behind it. That truth is what is hard to overcome, especially when there is overwhelming evidence it hasn't changed.

[@educational1651]

That prejudice is keeping you safe, alive, healthy.

[@user-wl2rb3rh5c]

@@educational1651 The problem though - it's not politically correct 😕

[@slimyweasles4973]

Wait...didn't the end of his talk refute all that he claimed he would prove and that his talk was about? Reason is what one uses to combat prejudice, as he said. And so by ending his talk by talking about combating prejudice and then praising reason, he was doing the opposite of what he said he would so at the beginning of his talk. Now I'm simply wondering what I am supposed to take away from this

[@kokomanation]

Prejudice in the form of inherent instinct is very useful empathetic people feel danger easier

[@Frodoballin]

He's Canadian. That's my guess.

[@azraaydn737]

He is

[@dinuseee]

it could be true that you don't feel an unconditional belonging or love to the system or your neighbors..but to assume that thats generally the case is a prejudice...if it was so we wouldnt have been here...I understand we all have boundaries of us vs others but striving to constantly expand that boundary is an important part of striving to be a human..and that's what great leaders have always done to expand that boundary...But you can still argue still they were "prejudiced to say a religion nationality or humanity itself"...but looking on the other side to have a strong national identity they had to good grow out of their identity as a family ...they were serving the community of earth because they could expand their identity from a nation to the world..So if prejudice is looking at difference ...when we start looking at what is in common we are constantly growing out of prejudice..and in this way we can extend the boundary of us vs others to the whole universe itself or may be even more if we assume so..

[@MM-qg5xh]

to the lady who asked why America sends aid to other countries: It's to control these countries and ensure their alliance, and not out of America's kindheartedness.

[@jashashree1752]

I'm here for homework

[@killer-mj4oq]

good video

[@Ulrna]

Ethnic prejudice can almost be measured by the amount of immigration in a state. Especially if the there is a large cultural gap between the local and immigrating population. Too bad politicians can't figure this out, but I guess they have their own agenda, placing two competing groups up against one another is politically devious. If you want to crush worker rights and lower the minimum wage without taking the blame for it, then that's the way to do it.

[@Rh1no1]

Just about anything and anyone can be seen through both light and dark lenses.

[@hankchen7640]

2:00 開始看

[@Gopalisaac]

As sad as it sounds, prejudice is taught. It's 'wisdom' to reserve judgement

[@ulisesfonseca7937]

Good course at yale

[@arienrode]

7:00 Censorship?

[@tacotonysworld8267]

In writing about this in school and I'm having trouble because I didn't get it because I didn't understand if he answered his own question or not

[@make-upandmakayla2127]

Same! Were answerinf questions that he saud but to answer thwm we need his answer.

[@NGSVALENCIA]

Freaking yes!!!! Always said that and people would bash me saying that I was all sort of things! prejudice is mostly statistics, many people get it wrong, but most of them are right

[@sierrasullivan8317]

Well

[@zap813]

I'm not sure what the point of the apple/chair/dog thing was. In the context of prejudice against other people, this analogy makes no sense. Inanimate objects, and even animals, are almost always going to be more predictable than humans.

[@corpusc]

indeed.....and those areas are where prejudice has a good application. its almost always a very bad thing when its applied to people. i'm gonna post my own take on the barely touched-on portion of his speech.

[@friedrichschopenhauer2900]

He sounds like Jerry Coyne.

[@tid8583]

I would disagree some... many Racial prejudices stem from the effects of negative imagery and media of specific groups Images and media have a profound effect on our thoughts and behavior.

[@chromanin]

TED, please declare cuts whether they're for time or whatever. You're risking your credibility.

[@jamescarlson9590]

the notion that certain prejudices are inherently false is itself the worst prejudice.

[@Ethercloud]

I think its small minded to ever, group any concept into a generalization, good and evil are simple concepts. Better simply to accept that they are and there is no way to erase them forever.

[@sageyash]

He said prejudice can be good and moral, but he never explained it, did I miss it?

[@eragonsap5346]

+sageyash I think prejudice can be a good thing when it acts like a defense mechanism that works on an individual or collectively. For example Americans have tons of prejudice towards immigrants because they actually represent a danger to their culture and traditions by bringing their own. Or the typical fear that they will steal their jobs (because that's what immigrants look for, work). If you're walking down a lonely and dark road at night and see a hobbo walking straight to you you will be afraid, you will walk another way or be prepared to fight, sensing he or she might rob you. That is prejudice. It's really not a bad thing, it's rational.

[@BerndWechner]

Yep, you missed it clearly. Watch it again. (hint -> listen to the bits and the quotes and examples about how we rely on categorization on judging things based on the category they fall into, on prejudice to even function to live - which is kinda good).

[@CheapSurvivalist]

Seems I'm not the only one who thinks the premise of this video was never addressed. I suspect because the answer is no, prejudice can never be a good thing. If it ever could be that would make prejudice morally relative and then any prejudice could be justified.

[@lavabeard5939]

+CheapSurvivalist You're an idiot. He says that it's obviously impossible to navigate the world without bias and prejudice, and people who claim to live without it are simply lying or too stupid to understand themselves.

[@davidanderson9664]

A younger, hairier, more Beatles-y Paul. :-) He's a top notch psychologist, do read his book Against Empathy. He also has some lectures on youtube from Yale which are very good. D.A., JD, NYC

[@corpusc]

this speech barely touched upon the key idea, which brought most of you here. it did not clearly explain how prejudice in the right context can be helpful. his little thing there with the pictures of the chair, apple and the dog was pretty much it. however, notice that these subjects....none of them were people. no person would be harmed or offended by making those kinds of quick judgements about those things. it is almost %100 bad/harmful to express prejudicial thoughts towards people however. ok, the rest of what i am about to say, may not make any sense, if you do not know people such as myself. people who can agonize over the tiniest details, and let many opportunities in life pass them by because of being so hesitant to make quick, decisions. without poring over the details and trying to think of the ramifications of my potential actions from as many different angles as i can. life assaults people like me with an onslaught of details to think about, and decisions to be made. and i can quite often be crippled by indecision, and thus a lack of corresponding actions/reactions. part of the POSITIVE aspect of the human thought process, is how we can make quick, snap judgements about situations, with very little, or very poor quality information. computers have all the weight of (practically) perfect logic to work through in order to solve problems. but humans can do crazy amounts of imperfect calculations every second. but this is ALSO a very NEGATIVE trait in certain contexts. like when judging other people based on simplistic patterns (such as skin color). but people like me should be quicker to go with gut feelings and quick snap judgements about things that are not people oriented. in cases where no people will be harmed by careless thinking. our snap judgements in the right context can be quite beneficial in seizing fleeting opportunities, or in avoiding bad situations that can develop quickly through inaction. we just got to know how to contextualize our behaviour. and realize that we need to pull away from our impulses, when our prejudicial thoughts are involved in people-oriented decisions/situations.

[@RalphDratman]

Even after watching this video twice, I still don't see the point of the talk. Mr. Bloom uses a lot of stories and examples about categorization and prejudice, with sometimes positive and sometimes negative consequences. finally at the end of the talk he explains that we use our reason to overcome prejudice. All these seem to be platitudes, well known to most people who watch TED talks. I am not sensing new ideas here. What am I missing?

[@aaronrosenberg6633]

I get the same sense. I don't think he really explored much the concept of how prejudice can be good, which, after all, is the title of the talk here. I'm not even really sure he touched upon it. That would have added a missing element.

[@johnb1391]

***** I think that was intended more as a way of drawing in attention, but I agree, he really didn't talk much about prejudice or how it wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing. He was more along the lines of just examining different prejudices and telling us to think rationally.

[@RobertEstrella]

Letanas Volundarkvioa I commented that what he may be pointing out is that our prejudices and bias tendency has a biological bases (see example in my original comment). However, in today's society and complex culture, it no longer serves us to act on these impulses. The path of navigation is to put in a pause and utilize our reason.

[@RalphDratman]

Robert Estrella That is a good summary, and in that respect I agree with him, as probably most thoughtful people would. The hard part, though, is how to transform that simplistic idea into human behavior. I can't say I'm optimistic about such a possibility, but I guess one never knows.

[@maxrav1831]

Yeah your missing the woods for the trees. Psychology is bullshit in the main and doesn't tell us anything that common sense couldn't in fact it actively attempts to destroy common sense.. What the whole psychology racket is, is a deliberate attempt to cover up the Jews horrendous crimes against the Palestinians. It puts whitey on a hell of a guilt trip when in actual fact it was only the elites that wanted to enslave poor black people. Why would the working poor white non land owner want to compete with another Labour group that doesn't get paid? Even the poet Robert Burns that most equalist of poets was going to take a job as a slave lord because of money worries, A man's a man for o that! he wrote. Why should white people feel guilty about trying to survive? Why should whites feel guilty at being angry at blacks however misguided and flawed that was it was also understandable given their circumstances. We ended the slavery of our fellow man. We ended the apartheid in Africa for the greater good. Now it's time to end the most destructive state that has ever been on God's earth the state of Israel. Someone also what's to give this Jew a lesson in biology, you know a real science, as it's an impossibility to have 2 mothers every little kid knows that but the Jews like to make us believe 2 and 2 equals 5.

[@ssundann9647]

Hello, fellow IB Psychology students !

[@learningpoint4114]

what was this all vedio about i hardely get the idea of discussion . was it prejudice a good thing ? whats new to learn in all

[@irie2012]

Basically he was saying that prejudice and bias is a natural human inclination which often serves a purpose to help us to navigate the world. However, he says that we need to recognise that it can also lead us to discriminate and even to commit mass atrocities. Therefore, he says that we understand the human tendency towards bias and prejudice, and use and create narratives that build empathy, so that we can plan and act in a fairer and more equitable way.

[@orlando098]

I guess that a person could show "prejudice" while having differing degrees of knowlege about the thing/person they are "prejudiced" towards? Say I have met 10 Chinese people and they all treated me badly, then I meet a new Chinese person, I might be prejudiced towards him, based on some facts, even though I might be completely wrong and he might be a lovely person. Or on the other hand, I could just have a dislike of anyone who looks racially different to me, and have never met a Chinese person before, and experience the same prejudice. In the first case there's more justification than the other. Even if the second reaction could be understood to be due to the common habit of people to like their "in" groups and people who resemble them (which is useful to be aware of, so as to watch out for having such reactions and to know they are not usually justified).

[@garretmontgomery186]

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[@TigerPrawn_]

Klee! It's pronounced Clay!!!

[@LucaCarraro]

Not a new concept. Read Sociobiology by Wilson and it gives you an in depth scientific and mathematical system to prove the levels of altruistic behaviour towards others. Which also defines the levels of prejudice we should feel towards one another- it is genetic.

[@animeslayerg]

I don't agree with the beginning of that video, I know this teacher is a nice guy, but I am afraid he is making a mistake back there, prejudice is not really that good at all, it is very bad and it brings sorrow to people.

[@beautifulquitters8763]

He is NOT a "nice" guy.

[@neddyladdy]

Thankyou Mr Bloom for not answering your own question.

[@alienkishorekumar]

Prejudice is real. And you can't do anything about it because it is human nature.

[@Craigslist777675]

I liked the concept of the orchestra interviewing musicians sight unseen. The same general concept should be extended to college applicants to eliminate bias based on race. However, that would of course eliminate affirmative action and force everyone to compete equally.

[@mikbuster]

hmm... I think I may have trouble applying previous experience into a prejudice or bias. I find new things terrifying and don't know what to do, even when it's something simple. I also have a tendency to not really process things like skin color and end up treating them as a default person that's good until I have experiences with them to base things on. I never really thought much about it, but those two things are probably linked. That means it's one more social issue that my brain just doesn't process well. Cool.

[@tanvitrivedi1109]

I'm here for homeworkkk

[@The10thManRules]

I thinks it's useful to operationally define key terms within the context of a speech. Prejudice: preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. As in "English prejudice against foreigners". I disagree with the way this person explains it, especially when most people only understand the word in its most common usage. He seems to be oversimplifying and confusing the difference between prejudice and preference.

[@orlando098]

Is prejudice necessarily based on no experience at all? Or, like I think he was saying, maybe it can be based on some experience, and generalising from it, even though the conclusions might not be appropriate in the individual case you are dealing with ?

[@swordarmstudios6052]

It's not a stretch to say that the origin of prejudice is related to the human pattern recognition. His example about the apple, dog, and chair is a really important concept in understanding what prejudice is actually is. It also means that isn't always as obvious as goose-stepping nazi's you can condemn and shame publicly. Most people don't even consider themselves racist, so calling someone racist is basically a pejorative as opposed to an objective description of their philosophy. I will tell you, that we all have prejudice. Some just react to it different ways. John Stewart shows a picture of him wearing an Afro and a huge clock, and we all get the joke. The joke wouldn't make sense if you didn't have a bias about particular groups of people behave.

[@serdar.kalaycioglu]

Can't get over how much he looks like Al Gore

[@allenamenbesetzt]

Okay, I am seriously bored. I started watching the talk because I wanted to know how prejudice can ever be a good thing, 13 minutes in and he never touched that question.

[@orlando098]

It can be a good thing in that making generalisations and assumptions about things based on similar things we've experienced helps us get through life and can often be reasonably accurate; I think he said something like that, even if he could have been more explicit I guess

[@xCCMo]

orlando098 he basically told dull minded people its ok to be racist.

[@swordarmstudios6052]

Cody Ocelot Statements about objective reality do not need to meet any kind of moral qualification. Even if they are incredibly uncomfortable.

[@rahmiaksu]

He clearly gave examples of a chair, an apple, a dog, himself. He said your prejudices are most likely correct (all but the dog). I think you didn't expect a reasoned argument for combating the downfalls of bad prejudices, but rather wanted absolution for whatever bad prejudices you might have.

[@corpusc]

he did barely touch on something which should have been a huge focus of his talk (to support the title of the speech). i'm about to offer my own take on it.

[@terceldude]

Only a good thing when you are prejudiced against the rich when they are prejudiced against the poor!

[@rumplestilskin8068]

I came here because My teacher told me to watch this 🤦🏽

[@TheVincentLoo]

Prejudice and discrimination cannot be a 'good' thing because the word itself has negative connotations, just like how the words 'evil', 'bad' and even 'negative', just like 'sexist', 'racist' and 'homophobic'.

[@garretmontgomery186]

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[@margo8469]

Hello fellow Social Psychology students

[@TheSuperk25]

Prejudice is very natural. We all have that, but once you're educated, your prejudice is more educated, or may be gone.

[@Ethercloud]

I find it amusing how you use the term 'dehumanize" to describe prejudice, Capitalism promotes the same treatment of employees to business's. Whats that business quip, "control cost maximize profit" we are relegated to numerical comparisons, not individual people. Btw thanks for posting vid.

[@szyhaPL]

At 4:00 is simply a lie! In pre war Poland universities were full of Polish Jews, the same student and teachers were Jews as well. So please stop saying lies and imagine stories.

[@user-wl2rb3rh5c]

Could you elaborate on what's the lie?🤔

[@szyhaPL]

As i mentioned there was a lot of jews on universities in Poland, so please stop lying at 4:00

[@szyhaPL]

Or during German occupation of Poland nobody from prewar Poland could study the same Poles and Jews. So in Poland Jews were very often on universities but under German rules and occupation Germans did not allow for study and also other lower education for Poles and Polish Jews as well

[@user-wl2rb3rh5c]

@@szyhaPL But what's the quote your refering to at 4:00? Or the idea your responding to?

[@szyhaPL]

@@user-wl2rb3rh5c I am referring to the quote since 4:00 and lies regarding reasons of going to France from Poland

[@Tang0Fox1]

Wait so is everyone here doing exams? Lol

[@user-fb8ee7ec8e]

The study with the baseball cards was poorly executed, to be fair.

[@216trixie]

I call shenanigans: He say all religions teach an impartial morality. No, They all teach some dictates of a dictator, or very specific morals and behaviors.

[@BGMMM100]

I love learning, but some scholars, like this guy, take a real, sensitive issue and turn it into a purely academic pursuit. I don't that's a good way to understand something like prejudice, as it's not an intellectual topic.

[@loureview8761]

Putting his own biases subconsciously upon the viewer....(obviously a democrat) who looks like he eats too much and possibly drinks too much wine, doesn't work out or match his pants/jacket.

[@SamHenryRULES]

Was this filmed in a serial killer's basement?

[@kingkobra1978]

I disagree

[@terceldude]

Bearded Bard lol, your avatar is hilarious! :)

[@kingkobra1978]

terceldude Finally!...Someone with a classy sense of humor :)

[@terceldude]

Bearded Bard :)

[@cron93]

The idea that people thought Obama was un-American based solely on his skin doesn’t address his actual anti American past, his affiliations and his beliefs.

[@joaofernandes4769]

I have an idea to end this stupid discussion: Im 23 im white, and if one day i meet a girl like Halle Berry or something, i will marry her and i hope my kids will be all brown!!! stop this stupid discussion and do the same!

[@shamusson]

This mf is NOT white

[@leebogi]

TED done fucked up.

[@hungryghost502]

How so?

[@Avidcomp]

This is a completely bogus lecture; it's failure based on its collectivist premise. The morality story at the end is designed to make one feel conflicted. It entirely ignores why you should have a moral obligation towards the actions committed by others, implicitly suggesting it as a given, whilst making you feel shallow for valuing yourself over those lives, hence the implied insignificance of a "little" finger. There is no rational conflict here.

[@synchronium24]

"Hurr durr I'm a Randroid"

[@appleseed6291]

standard psuedoscience. avoid.

[@sjwimmel]

It's at least based on real science. It's been proven that our brains process the world by recognising patterns. It works in layers of abstraction. A low level layer would get a set of points as an input and recognise that it forms a line. The next layer would receive a set of lines and determine that they form a rectangle. A higher level recognises a chair. An even higher level determines that a white woman is stealing your chair Another level decides to double-check if it really wasn't a black man.

[@sjwimmel]

Yeah, I suppose the talk doesn't really bring anything new to the table in terms of science. The main point of the talk, that prejudice is just how the human brain works, is not a new idea in the scientific community. However, it's not that well known outside of it. There may have been a TED talk on the subject already, but not everyone watches all TED talks. If you ever find the other talk, I'd like to know! You meant Barnum btw. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect

[@ShaneH]

Google these terms: In-group morality, Minimal group paradigm, Implicit association bias, Identifiable victim effect.

[@appleseed6291]

updated with link above

[@RalphDratman]

Apple Seed I agree. I heard only well-known ideas, and not even many of those. Unfortunately, I don't see any purpose for this talk.

[@jakeceder]

Great talk about a touchy subject!

[@amitm712]

"Prejudice and Bias are natural, they're often rational and are often even moral". Camera shoots to a black woman