Unbiased Bias

A form of objectivity bias where an individual genuinely believes their views are completely unbiased, absolutely factual, and objectively real—while dismissing anyone who disagrees as "delusional," "psychotic," "schizophrenic," or "mentally ill." Unbiased bias is objectivity bias on steroids: not just the belief that you're right, but the belief that you're literally incapable of bias, that your perspective is not a perspective but reality itself. This bias is epidemic in political communities, atheist/skeptic communities, science communication spaces, and internet forums where certainty is valued over humility. The unbiased-biased person doesn't argue; they diagnose. Disagreement isn't difference; it's pathology.

Example: "He was sure his political views were not views at all but simple facts, like gravity or evolution. When she disagreed, he didn't engage her arguments; he explained that she was 'delusional,' 'mentally ill,' 'in need of help.' Unbiased bias had convinced him that his perspective was not a perspective—it was reality. Everyone else was sick; he was just healthy. The irony that this certainty was itself a bias was invisible to him, which is how unbiased bias works."

by Dumu The Void February 18, 2026

Unbiased Bias

The most dangerous bias of all: the fervent belief that you are completely free of bias. It's the epistemological equivalent of a fish discovering water and declaring it doesn't exist. The Unbiased Bias operates as a force field that makes genuine self-reflection impossible because why would you examine something you're certain you don't have? This meta-bias allows otherwise intelligent people to hold the most absurd positions with utter confidence, convinced that their views aren't opinions but simply reality speaking through them. Every criticism bounces off because criticism implies bias, and they're unbiased—checkmate.

"I'm not like those biased people—I just look at the facts logically," he said, moments before explaining why his childhood trauma, cultural conditioning, and economic self-interest had nothing to do with his political views. That's Unbiased Bias: the blind spot so large it becomes a worldview.

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026