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.jayderyu said:
Yes it's very possible to be unbiased and have an unbiased opinion. It's also unlikely that you will find a majority of people capable of this. Often people willingly colour their opinions with certain values. It's easy, but the skills possible to train objectivity are their. It just takes time patience and a willingness to accept other people. Being unbiased is not easy and social habits of bias is easily picked up.

You make a strong statement above. I initially also thought that opinions could be unbiased and i would like to believe that it can, but i can't come up with any example of an unbiased opinion. Do you know any? 

 



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WessleWoggle said:
You're biased from your human experience since when you're born, so the question is useless because unbiased is a false concept.

 

 

WessleWoggle said:
You're biased from your human experience since when you're born, so the question is useless because unbiased is a false concept.

 

 I think something can be true because of the pursuit of the concept. (For instance a true "line" does not exist. All we know are line segments.) Even though everything is biased a man still can be unbiased because of the intent.

 To say someone is honest does not take account the fact that they were wrong. It only means that they gave the most truthful answer available to them. A truthful person can be the biggest liar.



LOL technically saying that nothing is unbiased is a biased opinion too.

I say it as a joke mostly because depending on how deep you take the question the harder it becomes.



I don't think I'm particularly biased to any console. I have other biases, but not for consoles.



Let's ask someone who's unbiased.... much like myself... [ignore my sig, game collection, and post history].

I think it's possible for people to be unbiased like me and also have an opinion.



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Dgc1808 said:

Let's ask someone who's unbiased.... much like myself... [ignore my sig, game collection, and post history].

I think it's possible for people to be unbiased like me and also have an opinion.

 

I thought Desgea 1 was great game.....



 



I'm not biased... you're all just wrong



Unbiased means that when you are asked to pick either of two different options, though you have a predisposition towards an opinion, you are not picking a side b/c you already favored one, but you are picking a side b/c it is the right one.


For example, if someone asked me which console to buy, a PS3 or a Wii, and they say that they need my best advice. Though, in my opinion, the Wii is the better console and I like it, that doesn't mean that person would. So, I would give them the details they need, find out what they want, then let them decide. That is what an unbiased person is. Yes, the person still has an opinion, but they don't let their opinion guide them to make a decision, but their thoughtful logical answer decides.



Explanation of sig:

I am a Pakistani.....my name is Dan....how hard is that? (Don't ask about the 101...apparantely there are more of me out there....)

I'm not biased and I have opinions!