The primitive me is a bit racist: Noticing the thoughts embedded with negative racial stereotypes

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The primitive me is a bit racist: Noticing the thoughts embedded with negative racial stereotypes

5 July 2023

Lucy O'Hagan

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 06:00 AM

Fire circle CR Wren Meinsberg on Unsplash

Part of the brain that remains from primitive times needs to quickly categorise people into groups [Image: Wren Meinberg on Unsplash]

Lucy O’Hagan gets advice from AI and colleagues on how to counter her unconscious bias

I have done Harvard University’s Implicit Association Test, and it confirms that my inner thought processes are riddled with unconscious bias. This

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Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality

Wednesday 29 January 2025, 12:45 AM