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It is impossible to be unbiased? (kbin.social)

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I don't know if this is a well known theory or not, but the basis is that it's impossible for someone to be unbiased, even if they say they aren't. People are subconsciously biased to a degree, so it's impossible to be truly unbiased.

I doubt this has any substance, but I thought it was an interesting thought experiment.

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[–] solivine 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is interesting to think about. In a scenario with options A or B, where I know nothing about either option, I suppose I would lean more towards A despite there being no reason to do so.

In the absence of other biases, I think our brain is kind of by design expected to produce some or you wouldn't be able to make decisions. E.g. a fork in the road goes left and right, maybe the right path has a slightly nicer looking tree along it so you pick that one even though it bares no relevance to the quality of the path.