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Is math biased? That seems like a silly question - in math there is right and wrong, so how could it possibly be biased. But humans use math and develop mathematical models and algorithms, and well, humans can certainly be biased. So, well, maybe math can in fact be biased. \n\nIn her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O\u2019Neil explores how big data is increasing inequality and threatening democracy - that is actually the subtitle for the book.\n\nMore on Cathy: https://mathbabe.org/\nMore info on our host, @ brianwez: bit.ly/cdtbrian\n\nAttribution: sounds used from Psykophobia, Taira Komori, BenKoning, Zabuhailo, bloomypetal, guitarguy1985, bmusic92, and offthesky of freesound.org.