Habitual false confirmation bias

The tendency for an individual to wrongly come to a conclusion, largely due to that individuals obsession with a specific item or idea.

Danny states "Product X is only available on Apple IPhones, therefore Iphones are better." When in reality, Danny has an unhealthy obsession with Apple products and is rejecting the obvious signs that androids are better products. Danny is committing habitual false confirmation bias.

by I'mBetterThanYou2 December 1, 2023

And then I confirmation bias other people into believing me

He regretted it immediately!

A retard "You see, I call someone a name and then I confirmation bias other people into believing me. It's like I do the confirmation bias for you and then I expect the audience to ignore the fact that I'm an imposter."

by Hym Iam January 19, 2025

Self-Serving Bias

The subconscious psychological engine that drives us to interpret information, attribute causes, and remember events in ways that flatter our self-image and protect our self-esteem. We attribute our successes to skill and effort (internal factors) and our failures to bad luck or external circumstances. It's the brain's auto-tune for life's recording, making you always sound just a little bit more in tune and talented than you actually were.

Example: "When he aced the project, it was due to his brilliant strategic mind. When he botched the presentation, it was because the projector was faulty, the audience was tired, and he had a mild headache. That's self-serving bias: the internal narrator of his life story is a shameless, flattering publicist hired by his own ego."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Historical Normality Bias

The fallacy of judging past societies, actions, or norms by the standards of the present, or conversely, of justifying outdated, harmful practices by arguing "that was normal at the time." In its dismissive form, it's used to invalidate modern moral critiques of historical figures by claiming a lack of historical context. More perniciously, it's used to defend the persistence of antiquated injustices by appealing to their historical commonality.

Example: Defending a founding father's slaveholding by saying, "It was normal then, you can't judge him," commits the Historical Normality Bias. It uses historical descriptivism ("it was common") to avoid moral judgment, implying that collective moral failure excuses individual participation in atrocity.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

Observer Blind Spot Bias

A form of bias affecting even those attempting neutrality, where an observer (a journalist, a reviewer, a judge) subconsciously filters information to only register data that confirms their pre-existing narrative or desired outcome. They believe they're being fair, but their perception has a "spot" that's blind to inconvenient facts. This is especially dangerous because the observer's perceived impartiality lends false credibility to their skewed interpretation.

Example: A journalist covering a polarizing protest aims for neutrality. However, due to Observer Blind Spot Bias, they only see and report on the handful of violent acts by one side, framing the entire event as a riot, while their blind spot prevents them from even noticing the peaceful majority and the provocative actions of police, crafting a "balanced" report that's subtly biased.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

Inverted Blind Spot Bias

The cognitive flaw where an individual is hyper-vigilant and excessively critical about potential biases, methodological weaknesses, or assumptions in opposing viewpoints or rival paradigms, while remaining completely oblivious to the same—or even more severe—flaws within their own favored position. It inverts the classic blind spot: you can't see the problems in your own "objective" lens because you're so busy polishing it to spot dust on everyone else's.

Example: A staunch materialist neuroscientist meticulously critiques a consciousness study for any hint of dualist language, labeling it unscientific. Yet, they remain utterly blind to their own Inverted Blind Spot Bias: their unexamined assumption that subjective experience must be fully reducible to neural activity is itself a non-provable metaphysical stance, not a neutral scientific fact.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

NPOV Cognitive Bias

The mental error committed by Wikipedia editors who believe that by stripping language of overt emotion and attributing all claims, they have achieved personal objectivity. It is the cognitive bias of believing you have no bias because you are following the NPOV rulebook. This blinds editors to their own ideological assumptions about what constitutes a "reliable source" or a "significant" viewpoint worthy of inclusion.

Example: An editor meticulously ensures every statement about socialism is attributed to a critic or a proponent, believing this makes the article neutral. However, their NPOV Cognitive Bias prevents them from seeing that their selection of which critiques and which defenses to include is itself driven by their own liberal-capitalist worldview, shaping the narrative within a frame they mistake for a blank slate.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 4, 2026