Bias Blind Spot and Resistance to Debiasing

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[CuttinUpGetGapped]

This video should have way more views.

I needed a video that explained this better than I can. Thank you.

[Scarshadow]

I love this! As someone that likes to look up cognitive biases and various psychology stuff, blind spot bias teaches humility and that there's more than one perception of something.

For example, somebody using studies of cognitive biases to simply sum up "humanity sucks" or the No True Scotsman fallacy to prove an ideology with good intentions to be bad?

Blind spot bias helps reassess that world-view/perspective and keeps it in check, in my opinion. The universe is too complicated and humanity is too diverse for it to just simply suck without taking the good stuff that's done into account, and also that having an ideology and world-view (when beneficial) is just part of being human, errors and all.

[MrCaesartheman]

I think were all biased in the end, sometimes ill be with my kids and think isnt biased that i only spend time with my kids shouldnt i spend time with other kids? like family bias. I always told me kids what i would do if they got bullies but also what would happen if i found out they were bullies. I was going to initially write that im not biased but the truth is im just battling against it, its not like its hard or anything, id say quite enjoyable and does allow me to think from many many different perspectives, but atlas here we are at one of the most hardest bias to kick, the bias bias

[Tenly]

This is only the 2nd video I’ve watched on the “Blindspot Bias” specifically - and I do not like the way they present it as something EVERYONE is guilty of - and their implication that everyone is guilty to the same extent.

These videos state that those who think they are less biased than others are guilty of the Blind Spot Bias - but that is not necessarily true. Sure - I can see that something similar to the Dunning Kruger effect happens here with 900 out of 1000 people thinking they are less biased than others - which can’t be true - BUT 500 out of those 1000 people ARE likely to be less biased than others. That’s more than half of the people who believe that are less biased being correct (5/9).

This video implies that the more certain you are that you are “less biased” than others, the more certain it is that you are committing the “Blind Spot Bias”. Where is the description of the process one can use to determine whether they really ARE less biased than others? Personally, I don’t think it’s fair (or accurate) to imply that everyone is victim to their biases to the same extent. Most of the time, I feel like I am able to recognize biases that affect my thinking and then remove them and re-consider the topic/assertion - especially in a discussion.

How do I determine whether I’m correct or fooling myself? (Both videos I’ve watched so far seem to claim that I *am* fooling myself and do not leave any room for the possibility that I am not.)