Generalization

Yeah.

He, it, well, he, yeah, he's just like Mr Generalization.

He just kind of-

Yes

The shortcut is correct.

Generalize from your sample.

The sample is the problem.

The sample is curated.

Solidification.

Generalization.

Carryover.

Highly recommend solidification.

We hear less about the problems of undergeneralizing.

Generalizing comes so naturally that few of us are at any risk of undergeneralizing, so we give it little thought.

The focus on overgeneralizing is understandable given its potential costs, such as the child assuming that a dangerous dog is just like the friendly dogs they've encountered to date.

Generalizing itself, though, isn't a bias that needs to be corrected.

It is a cognitive shortcut and a fundamental part of our mental life.

We'd be lost without it.

Black people in the UK are significantly more likely to be stopped and searched by police officers than white people.

Holding a racial stereotype about that group might lead a person to conclude incorrectly that its members have a higher innate propensity to commit crimes.

Thank you to all here who are sharing that beautiful love for that one voice.

It's like integration through generalization is what I heard you, Keith, speak into us of.

Generalize, generalize, generalize.

And the story will dissolve in that generalization.

And then you challenge us even more to question who we are in truth.