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The name comes from the common (but false) legend that ostriches bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger. This effect is a cognitive bias where people tend to “bury their head in the sand” and avoid potentially negative but useful information, such as feedback on progress, to avoid psychological discomfort. [1]
Ostrich policy is a metaphoric expression referring to the tendency to ignore obvious matters and pretend they do not exist; [1] the expression derives from the supposed habit of ostriches to stick their head in the sand rather than face danger. [2] Ostriches do not actually bury their heads in the sand to avoid danger. [3]
The ostrich instruction is a jury instruction that the requirement of knowledge to establish a guilty mind , is satisfied by deliberate ignorance - deliberate avoidance of knowledge. [1] This principle became established in British courts in the 1860s, and became widespread in the United States in the late 19th century. [ 2 ]
If Roberts wants to address the problems the court confronts, he should lift his head out of the sand, look in the mirror, and then act accordingly, starting with an actionable code of ethics.
Joe Martucci adds: “You can’t go away for nine months and stick your head in the sand like an ostrich and say, ‘Yeah, I’ll worry about it when I get home.’ Because the world keeps ...
In computer science, the ostrich algorithm is a strategy of ignoring potential problems on the basis that they may be exceedingly rare. It is named after the ostrich effect which is defined as "to stick one's head in the sand and pretend there is no problem". It is used when it appears the situation may be more cost-effectively managed by ...
We want to see them dance elegantly; we want to see them eat an ostrich anus. What we don’t want is to see them making half-hearted small talk, followed by a highly choreographed, zero jeopardy ...
When standing upright, ostriches have a wide field of view. Try to emulate this one that can sing "Hello, Dolly!" Nominating articles for deletion can sometimes be a controversial action. Articles on notable authors, scientists, and artists have been nominated for deletion simply because the nominators hadn't heard of them and, more importantly ...