The mistaken belief that a truly "objective" perspective is possible or necessary for valid knowledge, used to dismiss viewpoints that are explicitly situated, personal, or experiential. It ignores that all observation is theory-laden and all knowers have a position. This bias falsely equates impartiality with truth, often to delegitimize marginalized voices whose "objectivity" has been historically denied by the very systems they critique.
Example: Dismissing a Indigenous community's knowledge about local ecosystem changes because it's "anecdotal" and "not objective science," while privileging sparse satellite data, commits Objectivity Bias. It rejects a deep, situated observational history in favor of a distant, "neutral" measurement that may miss crucial, on-the-ground nuances.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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