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Reality has a liberal bias is just another way to say "regression to the mean". The majority of people think this way. Reality has a centrist (geometric mean) t
by sitkack 3y ago
Reality has a liberal bias is just another way to say "regression to the mean". The majority of people think this way. Reality has a centrist (geometric mean) tendency because that is its center of mass.
- ThrowawayR2 3y ago"Reality has a liberal bias" was a wisecrack by Stephen Colbert about ignoring poll results (e.g. https://www.quora.com/What-is-meant-exactly-by-the-phrase-reality-has-a-liberal-bias https://www.quora.com/What-is-meant-exactly-by-the-phrase-re...) so what you have said does not seem what is meant by the quote. IMO, it would be more accurate to say that "reality has a liberal bias" almost always means "reality agrees with my prejudices" by the sort of people who like to use it because they imagine it is witty. It is the equivalent of the sloganeering used by conservatives and just as vacuous.