Ivan: “Felipe did you go to the part last night?”
Felipe: “Yeah I went with Gavin.”
Ivan: “Did y’all see Jackson?”
Felipe: “Yeah, Jackson was acting hella crazy last night, I had to put ‘em in neutral .”
Felipe: “Yeah I went with Gavin.”
Ivan: “Did y’all see Jackson?”
Felipe: “Yeah, Jackson was acting hella crazy last night, I had to put ‘em in neutral .”
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Get the Put ‘em in Neutral mug.The mistaken belief that logic remains neutral in situations of power struggle, paradigm conflict, or hegemonic dispute—that logical rules apply equally to all parties regardless of their position in social, intellectual, or institutional hierarchies. In reality, what counts as "logical" is often determined by those in power, and logical frameworks themselves can be tools of domination. The fallacy lies in pretending that logic floats free of human interests, that it's a pure instrument available equally to all. But when disputing logical paradigms (classical vs. non-classical), logical privileges (who gets to define good reasoning), or logical hegemony (Western logic as universal), neutrality is impossible—logic is part of the struggle, not above it.
"You keep saying 'just be logical' in our debate about indigenous knowledge systems. That's the Fallacy of Logical Neutrality—you're assuming your logic (Western, classical, formal) is neutral, when it's actually one logic among many, and it's the one backed by centuries of colonial power. Logic isn't neutral when one party gets to define what logic is."
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A bias that treats Western standards of proof—deductive certainty for mathematics, statistical significance for science, eyewitness testimony for law—as neutral, universal, and the only legitimate ways to establish truth. The Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof ignores that standards of proof vary across cultures and historical periods, that what counts as "proof" is negotiated, not discovered, and that Western proof standards have been used to dismiss non-Western knowledge systems. It presents "proof" as a pure concept, erasing its social construction. Those with this bias don't see their proof standards as one tradition; they see them as proof itself. Everyone else has anecdotes, superstition, or belief.
"Where's your proof?" they demanded, meaning "Where's your double-blind RCT?" Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof: treating one culture's proof standards as universal. The speaker never considered that other forms of validation exist—centuries of observation, intergenerational knowledge, lived experience. Their proof was just proof; everything else was anecdote."
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Get the Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof mug.A bias that treats Western evidentiary hierarchies—privileging quantitative over qualitative, experimental over observational, published over experiential—as neutral, universal, and the only legitimate ways to know. The Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence ignores that what counts as evidence is shaped by power, that different domains require different kinds of evidence, and that Western evidence standards have been used to exclude marginalized knowers. It presents "evidence" as a pure category, erasing its politics. Those with this bias don't see their evidentiary standards as one tradition; they see them as evidence itself. Everyone else has anecdotes, stories, or bias.
"That's just anecdotal, not real evidence." Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence: treating quantitative data as the only evidence, dismissing experience, testimony, and qualitative research. The speaker never considered that for some questions, anecdotes are the only evidence available. Their evidence was just evidence; everything else was nothing."
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Get the Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence mug.A cognitive bias where one projects the claim of neutrality onto one's own position while denying it to others—assuming that one is simply describing things as they are while others are advocating, promoting, or pushing an agenda. Projection of neutrality operates when someone says "I'm just asking questions" while those questions are designed to undermine; when they claim to be "just presenting facts" while the selection of facts serves a purpose; when they present themselves as above the fray while actively participating in it. The projection lies in the invisibility of one's own commitments—the assumption that one's own framing is just description, one's own values are just common sense, one's own agenda is just reality. It's a form of bad faith disguised as good faith, a way of participating in debate while claiming to transcend it.
Example: "He claimed to be 'just playing devil's advocate' while systematically undermining every progressive point—projection of neutrality, using the pose of open-mindedness to advance a closed-minded agenda."
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Get the Projection of Neutrality mug.When you mediate two feelings or actions to achieve a third effect that is greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, having a coffee and a zyn, or having a shitty monday morning hungover and having a lunchtime beer. Then you get golden fucking neutral.
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