This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Jun. 1, 2023

Just because they think differently from you doesn’t make them wrong

If someone is unable or unwilling to even receive certain information or limits the sources from which they are willing to receive information, they are constricting the information they receive.

Mark B. Baer

Mark works as a mediator and conflict resolution consultant and teaches a course on implicit bias.

See more...

Left unchecked, biases cause people to constrict and distort the information they are able and willing to receive, try to understand, and consider in a fair manner.

If someone is unable or unwilling to even receive certain information or limits the sources from which they are willing to receive information, they are constricting the information they receive. Under such circumstances, there is no effort to fairly consider or even try to und...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up