The tendency to believe that deep expertise in one narrow field grants you objective authority on topics far outside that field. The physicist who speaks with unwarranted confidence about economics. The surgeon who thinks their medical training makes them an authority on education policy. The programmer who believes logical thinking in code transfers directly to understanding human relationships. Specialization creates genuine insight in a tiny domain, but the bias lies in assuming that insight generalizes—that the habits of mind that work in your corner of reality somehow make you immune to bias everywhere else.
"As a tenured professor of chemistry, let me explain why this public health policy is obviously wrong," he began, unaware that his Specialized Objectivity Bias was about to embarrass him in front of epidemiologists.
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"Was there a specifigoal, specific way that you achieved a state of mind that made you more able to perceive these coordinates or perceive whatever, what signal you're getting from a remote viewing?"
(official text transcript doesn't record the application of specifigoal and must be heard via audio recording of podcast. Context is asking if paranormal observations can be described without a shred of proof and mere belief.)
Rogan, Joe. “#2288 - Jacques Vallée.” The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify, March 12, 2025.
(official text transcript doesn't record the application of specifigoal and must be heard via audio recording of podcast. Context is asking if paranormal observations can be described without a shred of proof and mere belief.)
Rogan, Joe. “#2288 - Jacques Vallée.” The Joe Rogan Experience, Spotify, March 12, 2025.
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Opens door, "Oh no what's that?" Why have they done that? When challenged the builder will start his reply with, "What I thought was" You will think, "I am a victim of Non Specific Builderitis"
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When a blogger develops more than one blog, because they have eclectic interests and what may be applicable to one blog, may not be "theme-specific' to their Home Blog.
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