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\u201cMindbugs – ingrained habits of thought that lead to errors in how we perceive, remember, reason, and make decisions\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mindbugs are reminiscent of another trick of the brain; implicit biases. Implicit biases \u201c<\/span>refers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner\u201d . Implicit biases are mindbugs on a higher scale of how the brain can negatively perceive a situation. In the article’s case, all that was at stake was misjudging the equal size of two shapes, but what about when it comes to the equal rights of two humans? We are all created equal but our society enforces stereotypes to build the implicit biases that some races are superior to others. This is a major issue especially\u00a0 when it comes to the label and biases of criminality. For example, the identification of a criminal as the \u201cdangerous black criminal\u201d. <\/span>Criminality is not a label created by existing behind the bars of a cell, but a label that can be given to individuals before they are even born. It is the predetermined conception of who these individuals are supposed to be, ultimately shaping who they become. Mindbugs or implicit biases exist are not correct responses but rather automatic responses to the world being filtered in. Our job is not to take in the world without speculation but to relentlessly question without hesitation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cMindbugs – ingrained habits of thought that lead to errors in how we perceive, remember, reason, and make decisions\u201d\u00a0 Mindbugs are reminiscent of another trick of the brain; implicit biases. Implicit biases \u201crefers to the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner\u201d . Implicit biases are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41194],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading-responses"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/criticalthinking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}