What's the difference between bias and expertise? When a critic dismissed Amanda Knox's commentary on the Lucy Letby case as the grievance of a biased woman, the real question got buried: can lived experience be a form of expertise? And if so, what's the line between pattern recognition and confirmation bias? Amanda and Chris dig into the cognitive science, the structural failures of the justice system, and the countermeasures that might actually help us get it right.
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Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Knox Robinson Productions

Ignorance Is Not Objectivity

MAR 31, 202651 MIN
Hard Knox with Amanda Knox

Ignorance Is Not Objectivity

MAR 31, 202651 MIN

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What's the difference between bias and expertise? When a critic dismissed Amanda Knox's commentary on the Lucy Letby case as the grievance of a biased woman, the real question got buried: can lived experience be a form of expertise? And if so, what's the line between pattern recognition and confirmation bias? Amanda and Chris dig into the cognitive science, the structural failures of the justice system, and the countermeasures that might actually help us get it right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices