I'm tolerant - and don't tell me otherwise

Think you’re no stranger to the pitfalls of cognitive bias? Think again, says social psychologist Marjoka van Doorn. Pitfall 1: Intolerant? It’s them, not me! When I was writing my PhD thesis on tolerance, people would frequently come to me with stories of intolerance in others: Muslims repressing women, PVV members protesting against immigration, civil servants refusing to marry same-sex couples. Why not write a thesis about that, they would ask rather pointedly. As I was researching intolerance towards Muslims in...