blind spot enhancer

Another name for a cell phone without a headset used by a driver while driving. Causes the driver's blind spot to go from a minimal 15 degrees over either shoulder to a stunning 180 degrees on their right (or left) side, as they forget to check their mirrors before doing something stupid like cutting you off.

A good wingman is the best defense against drivers employing blind spot enhancers. Most traffic cops will accept this as a patent reason for getting caught in a speed trap in moderate traffic.

Tom: *driving to a party with Harry riding shotgun*
Harry: "Hey, Tom - this party's gonna be banging..."
Tom: "Yeah - it'll be off the hook!"
Harry: *looks out the passenger side* "Uh-oh... Bogey with a blind spot enhancer, 3-o-clock. You might wanna shake him before he..."
*Mr. Blind-Spot-Enhancer School-O-Driving starts drifting left, forcing Tom to do 88 to avoid getting hit*
Tom: *checks his mirrors* "That was close, hope the 5-0 flex that fool."

by zurielseven May 5, 2011

Blind spot

Can be when driving in a car that the frame is to bulky around the windows obstructing the vision or in a game of chess not being able to see a peace on the board.

I had a blind spot .

by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd September 16, 2020

Blind spot.

Can be when driving in a car that the frame is to bulky around the windows obstructing the vision or in a game of chess not being able to see a peace on the board.

I had a blind spot. .

by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd September 16, 2020

Blind spot.

Can be when driving in a car that the frame is to bulky around the windows obstructing the vision or in a game of chess not being able to see a peace on the board.

I had a blind spot. .

by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd September 16, 2020

Fallacy Blind Spot

The universal human glitch where you can spot a logical fallacy in your opponent's argument from a mile away but remain completely oblivious to the identical or even more egregious fallacies riddling your own. It's the cognitive equivalent of having flawless 20/20 vision for other people's dirt but wearing smudge-covered goggles when looking at your own. This blind spot turns every debate into a one-sided game of "Gotcha!" where you're always the catcher, never the caught, because your brain helpfully files your own reasoning under "Common Sense" instead of "Needs Inspection."

Example: "He spent the whole call-out thread meticulously dissecting someone's ad hominem attacks, while his entire opening post was a textbook straw man. Classic fallacy blind spot. He's a fallacy hawk when hunting others, but a fallacy ostrich when it comes to his own writing, with his head buried deep in the sand of self-righteousness."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Science Blind Spot

The selective reverence for the authority of science while ignoring its process and limitations, especially when they're inconvenient. This manifests as treating settled science as an infallible dogma not to be questioned (blind scientism) or, conversely, dismissing robust scientific consensus in one area (like climate science) while uncritically accepting it in another (like aeronautics). It's using "science" as a stamp of approval or a cudgel, not as a method for inquiry.

Example: "He had a major science blind spot. He'd quote nutrition studies to justify his juice cleanse with religious fervor, but dismiss decades of climatology as 'just models' because accepting it would mean questioning his libertarian worldview. Science was his priest when it preached what he liked, and a liar when it didn't."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Bias Blind Spot

The ingrained inability to perceive the influence of your own cognitive biases on your judgments, while being acutely aware of how biases distort everyone else's thinking. You understand that confirmation bias makes your uncle's news feed a conspiracy theory echo chamber, but you'd never entertain the idea that your own curated feed creates a progressive or libertarian echo chamber just as potent. Your biases are "critical thinking"; other people's biases are "brainwashing."

Example: "She could write a dissertation on the availability bias skewing public fear of plane crashes, but couldn't see how the same bias made her irrationally terrified of moving to a new city after binge-watching crime dramas. Her bias blind spot was so total, she diagnosed cognitive distortions in others as a hobby while living in a glass house of her own."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026