Sentences with phrase «motivated by bias»

It would also require a court imposing a sentence to consider evidence that an offence was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on gender identity or expression as an aggravating circumstance.

Cuomo has said the state has an obligation to protect its residents from crimes motivated by bias or bigotry.

CNN: Hate crime numbers steady, FBI reports As New York authorities investigate what appears to be the nation's latest hate crime, the FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated by bias.

When scientists and advocates, motivated by these biased perceptions, take action by responding with tit - for - tat attacks on climate skeptics, it takes energy and effort away from offering a positive message and engagement campaign that builds public support for climate action and instead feeds a downward spiral of «war» and conflict rhetoric that appears as just more ideological rancor to the wider public.

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Without any supporting testimony or findings of fact, Justice Kennedy managed to divine that the sponsors of the referendum and the voters who ratified it must have been motivated solely by bias.

«This law will not only ensure that our state provides the necessary education and counseling to deter hate crimes, but will also make it very clear to the perpetrators that New York state does not and will not tolerate threats and violence that are motivated by any kind of bias,» Meng said.

To the degree that managers are driven by values that motivate them to respond to financial incentives, this bias in rewarding financial over CSR performance is likely to limit the effectiveness of including CSR measures in the balanced scorecard as a way to encourage managers to engage in CSR behaviors.»

According to FBI data, almost two - thirds of reported hate crimes arose from racial bias, making it by far the most typical form of bias - motivated crime in the U.S.

Self - selection can bias a sample by making a group of highly - motivated subjects appear larger than it really is.

The authors explain that although this may eliminate the concern with the CREDO study about family motivation, peer influence is still a potential bias, with lottery winners surrounded by classmates from similarly motivated families, while lottery losers are educated with many peers who did not apply to a choice school, and hence may not be as motivated (72).

(I said that we are all advocates here, and that we are all affected by the underlying mechanisms of motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, etc..)

I will say this; I little no doubt that just as is true of everyone else, including you, Dan's work is influenced by cultural cognition, or other manifestations of motivated reasoning (I think I have seen evidence of confirmation bias, for example).

It is my recollection that you have, in addition to complimenting Dan's work, on more than one occasion spoken about how his conclusions are affected by his own biases (or reflect motivated reasoning in his part, as it were), largely the result of his ideological orientation.

What I'm saying is that if one sees an entire context, but only describes part of the context, then by definition, the confirmation bias or motivated reasoning becomes apparent.

For decades, the mainstream journalists have dutifully reported hysterical alarmism generated by a minority of scientists dedicated to the concept of human CO2 - caused catastrophic anthropogenic global warming (CAGW)... this style of sensationalist, tabloid «climate science» journalism however is dependent on either a condition of stuck - on - stupid mentality or a highly biased, politically motivated political agenda, not on scientific empirical evidence

We all, sometimes, drop our integrity when we are biased by our «motivated reasoning.»

Actually, I've argued with «realists» that assuming that Judith's science is biased by her commercial interests is unscientific, fallacious, and an example of motivated reasoning (and the kind of bad arguments I've criticized from «skeptics»).

From what I've seen, I'm not convinced about the non-partisan nature of CA, and IMO, from what I've seen, Judith sometimes fails to consider the possibility that her own views are influenced by motivated reasoning and / or confirmation bias.

Seems to me that the basic principles of motivated reasoning, confirmation bias, cultural cognition, group - think, etc., illustrate how these patterns in how people reason apply w / o differentiation by ideological orientation.

If I make a personal comment about someone else, then I later take it into consideration that I too, allow biases to affect my reasoning, and that we are all affected by motivated reasoning.

The very fact that she did bail demonstrates that she's motivated by the science not any ideological bias.

Its a post truth tribal world dominated by motivated reasoning and confirmation bias - pity mother nature hasnt been told about that.

Altruism, kindness, and generosity could also be Identity - related biases on reasoning (why just look at all the Climate Etc. comments that are obviously motivated by kindness and generosity.

Of course when people are motivated by an irrational fear that CO2 is going to burn up the planet, it will not effect their honesty or contribute to confirmation bias.

However, in light of the solicitor's report and underlying materials taken as a whole, the Judge concluded that the solicitor had not been motivated by any actual bias towards the C.