Conform To The Norm And Video Games Might End Racism

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - 16:21 in Mathematics & Economics

Conformity is a bad thing, in media portrayals like Apple advertisements - yet then they have a lot of people who look a lot alike all standing in line to buy the latest iPhone.In reality, despite the claims of creative people who insist that only one brand is for creative people, they are conforming. It is human nature to conform. Former Vice-President Dan Quayle was once criticized for not knowing how to spell 'potato' while guest judging a spelling event. It was spelled wrong on the answer card and he knew it was wrong but he conformed and politicians and the public do the same thing every day. It makes us follow the lead of computers, even if the machines give us the wrong advice. read more

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