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Is Being Biased Really A Bad Thing? with Kathy Gibbens

·47 min·4 clips
Kathy shares how learning a little about the Bible made her overconfident, until she realized she barely scratched the surface.
Kathy Gibbons discusses cognitive biases and critical thinking, sharing personal stories like the Dunning-Kruger effect and how to respond to bias accusations with curiosity. She connects these ideas to homeschooling, empathy, and the dangers of AI, emphasizing humility and love in engaging with truth.

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Bias becomes easier to face when curiosity comes first.

The discussion treats bias less like a charge sheet and more like a chance to pause. Lisa Bailey and Kathy Gibbons keep coming back to the same plain answer: when someone points out your bias, the better move is humility and curiosity, not panic or self-defense.

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For a gentler way to answer bias accusations with humility and curiosity in a tense disagreement.

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