I think it’s time to take a step back and re-evaluate the purpose of this bully pulpit, because it’s not fulfilling its stated goal, and I don’t think it’s even fulfilling its unspoken and more-pragmatic goals.
Pointing out situations where eliminating bias is all well and good, but that’s not difficult. It’s not needed, because we can do it ourselves easily. What we need are elegant instructions on HOW to avoid types of bias, and this site doesn’t seem to have had anything substantial to say on that topic.
I think it’s time to take a step back and re-evaluate the purpose of this bully pulpit, because it’s not fulfilling its stated goal, and I don’t think it’s even fulfilling its unspoken and more-pragmatic goals.
Pointing out situations where eliminating bias is all well and good, but that’s not difficult. It’s not needed, because we can do it ourselves easily. What we need are elegant instructions on HOW to avoid types of bias, and this site doesn’t seem to have had anything substantial to say on that topic.