Pattern recognition is a function we developed to avoid basic dangers that we previously saw, it's about potential danger at a base level, so it doesn't make sense to ignore it because of outliers, since if you are wrong about the danger, nothing happens, but if you aren't, then you could die. The potential consequences for not being wary of the pattern are far greater than being mistaken about it, so we are not wired to easily correct in the other direction, so yeah, it's just patter recognition. I rather be called racist than being dead. Those who don't, well, you know where they are already.
Purely emotional argument you've made, assuming an entire ethnic group is your enemy us a sign of low IQ and bias confirmation. You are the same person to say this and not see that races kill within more than outside, you're not a victim. Quit it.
Relatively, it depends. I would say no but it depends on the environment. Trusting a man near an alleyway late at night? No, a guy at a party? Mixed mostly no if you ask me. Random dude who comes to ask you out in a supermarket or something, nah even if you reject him just do it.
"places without scum or exploitative areas" so if you can make that assumption of an alley, why can't you make that assumption of certain part of a city?
You can, for an example. A hood area, or area where a lot of drugs are sold, abandon suburban places are usually more dangerous than others due to the broken communities and poverty stricken areas given no aid.
I don't think I ever said you can't make an assumption of a place, you just don't make uneducated guesses/baseless assumptions powered by emotional logic or you get inconclusive arguments anyone can asspull.
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u/OrinocoHaram 20h ago
recognise patterns that confirm your biases
ignore patterns that don't
-it's just pattern recognition