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I just did an Implicit Association Test, as suggested by the article, and got a result that was interesting in light of my views of myself. http://implicit.har

by femto 13y ago

I just did an Implicit Association Test, as suggested by the article, and got a result that was interesting in light of my views of myself. http://implicit.harvard.edu/ http://implicit.harvard.edu/

girvo 13y ago
Oh, wow, I highly suggest everyone try this. It really puts your subconscious bias into stark focus.
- mahyarm 13y ago
  All the tests are highly political topics centered on identity politics & social justice topics. They also have weird American classifications of ethnicity being only "Hispanic vs non-hispanic" and "race" which seems more attached to skin color vs who the person is. I tapped around other countries and saw that they used some more or less classifiers of ethnicity & 'race' but the distinction are still there. It makes me put doubts about the testing itself and how much it would be used to advance political agendas.
- eru 13y ago
  Hmm, I just get a java.lang.NullPointerException.
- eli_gottlieb 13y ago
  I took it once and found out that as an Ashkenazi Jew I have a slight bias towards liking black people. Bit of a "lolwut".
NamTaf 13y ago
That is incredible and I completely agree with your statements.
facepalm 13y ago
These tests are amusing, but I wouldn't put too much weight onto them. I randomly picked one about attitudes towards homosexuality. Then it showed I associated some negative things with that (like "homosexuals are more often depressed" or whatever). It was not clear to me that this indicates negative attitudes on my part. Rather, I have read a lot about homosexuals having problems, so when the test presented me with such issues, of course I thought about them. That doesn't imply I think every homosexual is depressed (or whatever). Not saying the tests are not interesting, but I think they are biased in their interpretation. They don't necessarily show what the test designers think they show.

by femto 13y ago

I just did an Implicit Association Test, as suggested by the article, and got a result that was interesting in light of my views of myself. http://implicit.harvard.edu/ http://implicit.harvard.edu/

girvo 13y ago

Oh, wow, I highly suggest everyone try this. It really puts your subconscious bias into stark focus.

mahyarm 13y ago
All the tests are highly political topics centered on identity politics & social justice topics. They also have weird American classifications of ethnicity being only "Hispanic vs non-hispanic" and "race" which seems more attached to skin color vs who the person is. I tapped around other countries and saw that they used some more or less classifiers of ethnicity & 'race' but the distinction are still there. It makes me put doubts about the testing itself and how much it would be used to advance political agendas.
eru 13y ago
Hmm, I just get a java.lang.NullPointerException.
eli_gottlieb 13y ago
I took it once and found out that as an Ashkenazi Jew I have a slight bias towards liking black people. Bit of a "lolwut".

NamTaf 13y ago

That is incredible and I completely agree with your statements.

facepalm 13y ago

These tests are amusing, but I wouldn't put too much weight onto them. I randomly picked one about attitudes towards homosexuality. Then it showed I associated some negative things with that (like "homosexuals are more often depressed" or whatever). It was not clear to me that this indicates negative attitudes on my part. Rather, I have read a lot about homosexuals having problems, so when the test presented me with such issues, of course I thought about them. That doesn't imply I think every homosexual is depressed (or whatever). Not saying the tests are not interesting, but I think they are biased in their interpretation. They don't necessarily show what the test designers think they show.