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August 18, 2021August 18, 2021  by Lea Kutscher

In algorithms we trust: The illusion of objectivity and the dangerous reality of implicit bias

We rely on algorithms all the time, and assume that the underlying systems that inform the results they give are objective. But are they?

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April 29, 2015  by Maarten Derksen

“Objective” science and the “subjective” I

Students are taught not to use the personal pronoun “I” in their theses. That’s wrong: science needs more “I”, not less.

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