implicit prejudice

we're all soooo evolved that we're above it, right?  wrong.  try this.

I got "slightly" i show preference to European American over African American..not perfect but not too bad either.

Done that before. The brain works on pattern recognition. Prejudice is unavoidable. People make too much of a big deal of prejudice. You don't have to be liked by everyone. I don't like many people in the first place.

Anyone who says they're totally un-prejudiced is full of poo!

Evidently I have no preference based on weight and view Native Americans as more 'American' than White Europeans.

Original Post by ibez:

Done that before. The brain works on pattern recognition. Prejudice is unavoidable. People make too much of a big deal of prejudice. You don't have to be liked by everyone. I don't like many people in the first place.

doesn't mean we shouldn't challenge it.  and don't worry, ibez; i suspect that not many people like you.

Or as Kenya would say "You know I can jump over a lion, right?"

Mine came back:

Your data suggests little to no automatic preference between European American and African American.

I did 2 tests, the race one and the religion/judaism one. I had little to no automatic preference of white over black. I had a slight religion preference for Judaism over other religions. I thought that was interesting.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

Original Post by ibez:

Done that before. The brain works on pattern recognition. Prejudice is unavoidable. People make too much of a big deal of prejudice. You don't have to be liked by everyone. I don't like many people in the first place.

doesn't mean we shouldn't challenge it.  and don't worry, ibez; i suspect that not many people like you.

No, they don't... At least, when I'm honest. I can be quite a good actor and in that case I'll generally get on most peoples' good side, but most of the time I'd rather just not be liked than pretend to like other people.

It's just the curse of competence, really. Normal people are tedious.

I see no reason why I should challenge prejudice. People tend to "challenge" things or ideals hypocritically. You're prejudiced just as I am and just as a racist person might be. It's a natural mechanism of the brain. You might see a spider and become avoidant because you see it as dangerous, though it may be completely or mostly harmless. Most people have a prejudice against spiders or bees, which are extremely unlikely to do significant harm to them, yet they put their life in danger every day by driving in their car. That's because when you see something - anything, your mind remembers all the many associations you've formed with that thing. Spiders are "gross, bearing fangs, hostile, poisonous, creepy" etc., while driving may be "fast, exciting, convenient, useful" and so on. It's not a rational assessment of danger, but in an evolutionary environment, prejudice was important. On a social level, prejudice doesn't serve the same purpose... but it's what we are and what we do. Everyone has social prejudices. If you see someone with a greasy mullet and untidy moustache, are you going to imagine that they might be a perfectly intelligent and competent person? Probably not. If you see some guy who weighs 600 lbs, are you not going to notice? Of course you'll notice. And like it or not, it'll be off-putting.

ibez, as much as i'd like to have an intelligent discussion with you, i can't, because i don't have a time machine.  get back to me in about fifteen years, okay?

is there a way to choose which test you take?   This is what the results of the test I took said:  " Your data suggest a strong automatic association of Danger with False and Safety with True."  I didnt see a choice of which test you could take...

yup.  try this link (the us site is slightly different from the canadian one.  i wonder why?).

Well, pgeorgian, if you intend to appear intelligent (or witty), I might suggest starting with the most obvious indicator in this particular context, and brushing up on elementary English grammar. Or is your shift key broken, perhaps?

capitalization as a measure of intelligence?  really?  i guess i shouldn't have bothered with that master's degree, huh?  should have just sustained my snarky know-it-all adolescent phase indefinitely.  if only i'd known.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

should have just sustained my snarky know-it-all adolescent phase indefinitely.  if only i'd known.

Is the 'snarky know-it-all adolescent' phase really very different than the 'snarky-know-it-all middle-aged' phase? 

yes.  because i actually know some things now.

No...just some scotch tape and red hair dye.

Original Post by pgeorgian:

capitalization as a measure of intelligence?  really?  i guess i shouldn't have bothered with that master's degree, huh?  should have just sustained my snarky know-it-all adolescent phase indefinitely.  if only i'd known.

You've ended your know-it-all phase? News to me. I was quite happy to simply give my opinion in this thread, I believe it was your adolescent comment that prompted my sarcasm.

I don't know that a master's degree could be considered proof of intelligence; you don't have to do exceptionally well in the classes, nor do you even have to take difficult classes to get any old degree.

My results:

"Your data suggests a moderate automatic preference for Fat People compared to Thin People."

I guess Im in the minority.  I think it was like 4% or something.

Original Post by ibez:

I don't know that a master's degree could be considered proof of intelligence; you don't have to do exceptionally well in the classes, nor do you even have to take difficult classes to get any old degree.

true enough.  although i did, on both counts.

but being called stupid by a petulant infant is definitely not proof of stupidity.