Tag: equality
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Common Misconceptions About Publishing and Writing
After realising that “many people don’t have the first clue about how the publishing business works — or even what it is“, the somewhat prolific science fiction writer Charlie Stross decided to do something about it. The result was a series titled Common Misconceptions About Publishing. This is admittedly only one author’s viewpoint and set of opinions,…
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Ability to Inhibit Prejudices Diminishes with Age
As we age we become less able to inhibit prejudiced inferences, relying more on ethnic and sexist stereotypes to interpret situations, research into the science of prejudice suggests. There are a lot of clichés thrown around about the elderly, but one that seems to be true—or at least is backed up by research—is the belief…