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There are significant ''personal'' benefits to [[conservatism]]:<br />
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# it recognizes that ideas, and particularly political ideas, do have serious ''personal'' consequences<ref>For example, a belief in legalized drugs can lead to drug use and its harm.</ref><br />
# it recognizes that politics and culture are adversarial and [[deceit|deceitful]], and helps one filter the falsehoods<br />
# it allows one to speak ''and think'' freely without distortion by [[political correctness]]<br />
# it enables one to rise above his ''personal'' likes and dislikes<ref>Often a debate with a [[liberal]] comes down to what he likes and does not like.</ref><br />
# it recognizes the importance of ''personal'' [[self-defense]], mentally and physically<br />
# it encourages a ''personal'' frugality that doesn't waste other people's money ... or one's own<br />
# it encourages self-restraint that is invaluable in combating addiction, temptation, and obesity<br />
# it encourages self-sufficiency and self-help rather than dependency<br />
# it facilitates genuine ''personal'' charity, with all its spiritual benefits<br />
# it is shared across all religions and cultures<br />
# it facilitates extraordinary insights and epiphanies<br />
# it helps tremendously in raising and educating the next generation, including one's own children<br />
# it appreciates law and order, and the ''personal'' value in adhering to it<br />
# it helps one to realize the potential of every human life<br />
# it reinforces the ideal that if one works hard enough, he can be anything that he wants to be<br />
# it encourages family values, mainly financial and emotional assistance within the family as opposed to a centralized bureaucracy<br />
# it instills a sense of [[pride]] in one's country, which is crucial to becoming a contributing member of its society<br />
# it allows people to live in a realm of ignorance and intolerance.<br />
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Feel free to improve this list.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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*[[Conservative values]]<br />
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[[Category:Essays]]</div>Spenny123https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Bias&diff=494383Bias2008-07-31T20:42:01Z<p>Spenny123: </p>
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<div>'''Bias''' has numerous meanings. It literally means ''diagonal'' or ''slant.''<br />
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== Electronics ==<br />
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Bias is a [[DC]] voltage level added to an [[AC]] signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistor's linear operating area.<br />
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Bias is also a name for a high-frequency sine wave that is added to an audio signal as part of the process of magnetic tape recording; it has the effect of eliminating distortion that would otherwise be caused by magnetic hysteresis.<br />
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== Statistics ==<br />
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Bias means flaws in the collection, analysis or interpretation of research data that lead to incorrect conclusions.<ref>http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/about/terms/glossary.htm#b</ref><br />
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== Social Context == <br />
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- Bias is also the predisposition toward one belief before another. <br />
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== Example of Bias ==<br />
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A primary example of bias is the website conservapedia.com.<br />
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Related:<br />
*[[Media bias]]<br />
*[[Bias-Original Work]]<br />
*[[Liberal quotient]]<br />
*[[Conservapedia]]<br />
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