Second-order biases about facts—how we understand what facts are, how they're established, and how they function. Fact Metabiases include: treating facts as simple when they're complex; assuming facts are independent of theory; believing facts settle value disputes; using "fact" as a conversation-ender; ignoring that facts are always interpreted; treating factual claims as beyond social negotiation. Fact Metabiases turn facts from tools into idols—objects of worship rather than contributions to inquiry.
Fact Metabiases "It's a fact, so discussion over!" That's Fact Metabias—treating facts as endpoints rather than contributions. Facts inform; they don't replace thinking. The metabias is thinking facts speak for themselves when they always need interpretation. Facts are real; metabias is forgetting what facts are for."
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A willingly biased operative who is paid to label actual facts as "disinformation" and demand that nobody dare use Critical Thinking to question the approved Settled Science narrative du jour.
Alternately, a willingly biased operative who is paid to label disinformation as "factual" and demand that nobody dare use Critical Thinking to question the approved Settled Science narrative du jour.
Alternately, a willingly biased operative who is paid to label disinformation as "factual" and demand that nobody dare use Critical Thinking to question the approved Settled Science narrative du jour.
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Largely due to the fact that my IQ is substantially greater than that of you, I am thusly superior to you with regard to every conceivable facet of reality”
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"Oh. I didn't know that. Did you know that if you soak a raisin in grape juice, it becomes a grape? It's a rock fact!"
"Did you know that dinosaurs had big ears but everyone forgot 'cause dinosaurs' ears don’t have bones. You don’t remember? That’s cause it’s not true. It’s a rock fact!"
"Did you know that dinosaurs had big ears but everyone forgot 'cause dinosaurs' ears don’t have bones. You don’t remember? That’s cause it’s not true. It’s a rock fact!"
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Bhai ye Lavde ka fact checker Hai, is ki ammi ko julab hota h toh, tashrif se ulti ho rahi hai prove Karta hai.
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