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* however, as with the original Inblot test, use of a Rorschach test in the humanities is itself biased | * however, as with the original Inblot test, use of a Rorschach test in the humanities is itself biased | ||
** so one must be careful in its application | ** so one must be careful in its application | ||
=== Smarter than the Average bias === | |||
* the bias of the more than half of people who believe they are smarter than the average person | |||
** see [https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200103 65% of Americans believe they are above average in intelligence] | |||
* = a form of confirmation bias | |||
** in which people compare themselves to only their own surroundings | |||
** it is possible for a person to be smarter than most of those around them, yet less smart than the average | |||
** it is equally possible for a person to be less smart then those around them, yet smarter than the average | |||
** this same type of bias is why Americans frequently under- or over-estimate the percentage ethnic breakdown of U.S. demographics | |||
*** they frequently think that their own race is more dominant than it is | |||
*** or that a race that has a larger presence in their lives (surroundings, media, etc.) than it actually has | |||
=== Other/ todo === | === Other/ todo === | ||