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We say “we have unconscious biases and they inform our reactions”. Well, no ''shit''.
We say “we have unconscious biases and they inform our reactions”. Well, no ''shit''.


===“[[Onworld]]” v “[[offworld]]” in business communications ===
===[[Averages|Average]]s===
{{onworld and offworld negotiation}}
 
===[[Averages|Average]]<nowiki/>s===


So we tend to “extrapolate” central figures from random noise: economic growth. The intention behind expressed electoral preference. Average wages. The wage gap. Why the stock market went up. ''That'' the stock market went up: these are spectral figures. They are ghosts, gods, monsters and devils. They are no more real than religions, just because they are the product of “science” and “techne”.
So we tend to “extrapolate” central figures from random noise: economic growth. The intention behind expressed electoral preference. Average wages. The wage gap. Why the stock market went up. ''That'' the stock market went up: these are spectral figures. They are ghosts, gods, monsters and devils. They are no more real than religions, just because they are the product of “science” and “techne”.