Reason Metabiases

Second-order biases about reason as a faculty, practice, and ideal. Reason Metabiases include: treating reason as a possession rather than a process; assuming reason is separate from culture, history, or embodiment; using "reason" as a gatekeeping concept to exclude non-dominant ways of knowing; believing that reason's authority is self-evident; ignoring the ways reason itself is constructed and contested. Reason Metabiases are what happen when reason becomes an idol—worshipped rather than used, defended rather than examined.

Reason Metabiases "He keeps saying 'just use reason' as if reason were simple, universal, and his. That's Reason Metabias—treating his particular reasoning tradition as Reason itself. Reason isn't a thing you have; it's a practice you learn. The metabias is thinking your practice is the practice, not one among many."

by Dumu The Void March 1, 2026

Reason Double Standards

The practice of applying different standards of reason to different people or positions—treating one's own reasoning as reasonable while dismissing comparable reasoning from others as unreasonable. Reason Double Standards are the everyday currency of argument, the unspoken assumption that "my reasons are reasons; yours are rationalizations." They make genuine dialogue impossible because they ensure that one side is always already reasonable and the other always already wrong.

Example: "His reasons were careful analysis; her reasons were just rationalizations. Reason Double Standards in action: same thing, different labels, depending on who was doing the reasoning. The double standard was invisible to him, which is how it worked."

by Dumu The Void March 10, 2026

Reason Power

The overarching capacity to shape outcomes through the deployment of reason, argument, and discourse. It's the power of the better argument, the compelling logic, the undeniable evidence—but crucially, it only works in contexts where reason is actually valued. Reason power is what the lone dissenter hopes to wield in a tyrannical meeting, what the scientist uses against the politician, what the philosopher dreams of bringing to the public square. It's fragile, easily overwhelmed by other forms of power, but when it works, it's the only power that can genuinely change minds.

Example: "They had all the money and all the votes, but in the end, reason power won—her argument was just too clear and too true to ignore."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

Reason Hegemony

The dominance of a particular conception of "reason" itself—usually the Enlightenment ideal of dispassionate, analytic, individual cognition—over all other modes of thought and understanding. Reason hegemony operates when this specific style of thinking is treated as the pinnacle of human cognition, and all other modes (emotional intelligence, embodied wisdom, relational knowing, intuitive insight) are relegated to lower status. It's the cultural assumption that the most "reasonable" person is the one who reasons like a Western philosopher, and that other ways of making sense of the world are merely primitive precursors to "real" thought.

Example: "The committee valued the candidate's cold analytic memoranda while dismissing the warm, contextually rich reports from field workers—a classic case of reason hegemony mistaking one cognitive style for intelligence itself."

by Dumu The Void March 12, 2026

Rees

Always being one better than others, especially in storytelling

“I had 5 pints the weekend”,
“Well I had 8”
“Of course you did Rees”

by Rickyton May 9, 2025

Reasonably Accurate

Oh, shoot, totally. I am pretty reasonably accurate.

Hym "Reasonably Accurate. Brilliant. Handsome. The ultimate man. Better than everyone! Eeeeeveryone! But that's the difference between me and parents. They are the lowest common denominator. They are trying to hamstring ME so I have to be trapped here in their shit-life with them. And they can try to claim their lives are better than mine all they want but THEY ARE THE THING THAT IS ACTIVELY MAKING MY LIFE WORSE."

by Hym Iam June 11, 2025

Reasonable Bop

A Reasonable Bop Is A Female Who Plans There Escape To Bop Off And Waits For There Boyfriend To Mess Up So They Can Bop Off

T5ive : Why You Cheat?
Denisse : You Did It First
T5ive : You Been Wanting To Boo Off You Just Wanted A Reason You Reasonable Bop

by Bop Finder July 10, 2025