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Re:Was whole economy a Ponzi scheme? by qqq on Thursday January 01, 2009 @04:15PM (#416684)
I upvoted you, but one thing: if you wanna be unbiased, show not tell it! Saying you're not biased isn't much good at all. Just say stuff that isn't biased.
Re:Was whole economy a Ponzi scheme? by kragen on Thursday January 01, 2009 @10:11PM (#416970)
For most things I agree that showing is better than telling, but bias is different. If someone is in a position to judge whether my point of view is biased, then they already have a clearer idea of the truth than I do, so they don't benefit from reading my expression of that point of view. It's the people who don't already know what I have to say (or don't already know that it's false, if I am in error) who need to know how biased I am.

So I gave some information about my background, which I hope will give readers a better chance of forming an accurate idea of my state of objectivity and ignorance.