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Title: Can We Really Measure Implicit Bias? Maybe Not. Source: Tom Bartlett  Date: January 05, 2017 Summary: The article tells us about a study from different researchers about the relationship between implicit bias and discriminatory behavior. They mainly focus on the Implicit Association Test (IAT), which was created to measure implicit bias by following how we answer questions together with the speed and the mistakes we make. A professor of psychology, Hart Blanton, declared that the IAT is not accurate enough to rely on. Therefore, for several years he has been arguing with the IAT founder. Each of them has come up with plenty of reasons to support their point of view and evidence against each other, yet, there is still no conclusion. However, at least everyone agrees that there was not enough evidence to state that people’s behavior can change depending on their unconscious bias and the link between these two is weak. The debate was just about how and the IAT. Furthermore, another

Blog post #2

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  Title: Flying shame the scandalous rise of privet jets. Source:  Airline emission by Emine Saner Date:  Thursday, 26 January, 2023. URL:   https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/26/flying-shame-the-scandalous-rise-of-private-jets?fbclid=IwAR10Xoe4qzhBh9oQGXzOGSygrHlH9mtoqYahZpCSmZMjK_tozR2SqzoThOI     Summary:  The article is about the way Rishi Sunak, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, use his private jet. His private jet was used for the third time during 10 days for a short journey, which could have been only 2-3 hours by train. The author also mentioned that other wealthy people use their private jet more often compare to the past year.  Some advantages and disadvantages of using private planes is also include in this article but the author likely to focus of the cons, like the higher cost and fuel they required and more pollution they made. Nevertheless, people still find the way to solve the climate problem that the transportation caused and people