A 24 year old Indigenous Canadian woman named Heather Winterstein died of sepsis after ER staff dismissed her repeatedly and labeled her as a homeless addict.

There’s an inquest into her death that shows her falling to the floor in the ER and still being ignored.

Bias, bigotry, misogyny and racism can determine the care you receive in the hospital .

I was Heather’s age when I experienced a life threatening complication after my hysterectomy

Like her I was sent home from the ER multiple times

Told I was exaggerating.

Attention seeking

Deemed a trouble maker

On my fourth visit my then boyfriend had to carry me in because I couldn’t even sit up

He had to raise his voice and cause a scene

He said he was refusing to take me home to die, and he firmly believed that’s what would happen

Triage called security who threatened to call police

They would rather arrest him than treat me

Thankfully a doctor heard him yelling and came to look in on me and instantly realized something was wrong

Within hours I was being rushed to a larger hospital for emergency surgery

I had been bleeding internally the entire time and developed a huge infected abscess

Had they treated me earlier, my survival odds would have been much better

Instead I very nearly lost my life and ended up spending a month in the hospital

I was one of the lucky ones

No one’s survival should ever be based on luck, race, money or privilege

Yet more often than not those things determine who lives and who dies

My heart is heavy for Heather and all who knew and loved her

We must do better

We must believe and listen to patients

We must strive to treat everyone equally

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/livestory/heather-winterstein-inquiry-st-catharines-indigenous-9.7167775

#disability #chronicillness #ableism #eugenics #healthcare #bias

Ugly man (like me) → Woman: "I'm uncomfortable!"

Good-looking man → Woman: "Hey... Hi! (⁠ʘ⁠ᴗ⁠ʘ⁠✿⁠)

#selfesteem #attraction #dating #mentalhealth #confidence #psychology #society #bias #reflection #emotions #selfawareness #relationships #mindset #growth #reality

The idea is to try to give all the information to help others to judge the value of your contribution; not just the information that leads to judgment in one particular direction or another.
-- Richard Feynman

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RichardFeynman #Bias #Science

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #BWCA #Canoe #Minnesota

“STRONG PRO-ISRAEL BIAS AMONG BBC BOSSES, NEW DATA INDICATES”

by Dania Akkad in Declassified UK

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“BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows”

https://www.declassifieduk.org/strong-pro-israel-bias-among-bbc-bosses-new-data-indicates/

#Press #SocialMedia #BBC #ProIsraelBias #Bias #Zionism #PalestinianGenocide #Israel #CAMPAIN #IsraelLobby

Everyone is shocked to learn:

#DeclassifiedUK | Strong pro-Israel bias among BBC bosses, new data indicates

https://www.declassifieduk.org/strong-pro-israel-bias-among-bbc-bosses-new-data-indicates/

#Bias #Propaganda #BBC #Palestine

#statstab #526 A Meta-Analysis of the Impact and Heterogeneity of Explicit Demand Characteristics

Thoughts: The impact of the design on conclusions is under-appreciated

#demandcharacteristics #design #methodology #error #bias
#metascience #metaanalysis

https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/11/1/143005/212614/A-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Impact-and-Heterogeneity-of

Dan McAteer (@daniel_mac8)

Claude의 성능이 실제로 변동한다는 정량 데이터가 있다는 점은 인정하지만, 핵심 주장보다도 LLM을 평가할 때 ‘습관화(habituation)’ 같은 인지 편향을 경계해야 한다는 점을 강조한다. AI 모델의 체감 성능 판단이 왜곡될 수 있음을 지적한다.

https://x.com/daniel_mac8/status/2043787489261887938

#claude #llm #anthropic #bias

Spotlight Delaware: Delaware judge randomly assigns Elon Musk cases using Scrabble tiles. “With claims of bias looming over her, the chief judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery on Thursday used a bag of Scrabble tiles to select new judges to preside over cases involving Elon Musk — the world’s richest man. While the analog method was unusual for the powerful business court, it did leave […]