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Can we think without any presumptions?

Questions arised from one of the conversation and a reminiscence of a old lady who said:"nobody is right but me."

Are we free of personal bias when we think?
how reliable it is for us ourselves to judge if we are free of personal bias or not ?

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    Mark Blofield

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    Feb 23 2013: Trying to force yourself to not have presumptions can still result in using them but think of the following simple example.

    A father employs his son in a business, but does not want to create a "boss's son" scenario, where he shows favour and results in disgruntling other employees. Often, in real life, this ends up with the father being harder on his son than the others, and he has not nullified the impact of the family relationship, but reversed it.

    We are not as in control as we may think!

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