Re: Jonathan Swift published a proposal to regulate English (22-2-1712)

ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:

And then one could just as well cite psychological mechanisms at

  And then there also might be a "meta-bias" at work, which I came
  up with myself, but which might also already have been described
  in the literature:

  We tend to see rational processes as explaining our own views,
  whereas we tend to see emotions or bias as the reason for other
  people's views where these views are not acceptable to us.

  Let me search for similar biases in the Web:

|The /bias blind spot/ is the cognitive bias of recognizing
|the impact of biases on the judgment of others, while failing
|to see the impact of biases on one's own judgment.¹
...
|In a sample of more than 600 residents of the United States,
|more than 85% believed they were less biased than the average
|American. Only one participant believed that they were more
|biased than the average American.

  . I also find a Web page with a paragraph similar to my thoughts
  (especially the final two sentences starting with "Both ..."):

|We suffer from bias blind spot, a cognitive bias where we are
|quick to point out the impact of biases on others' judgments.
|Yet, we do not give much thought to the effects of our own
|biases. This bias is similar to naïve cynicism and naïve
|realism, which stem from a higher opinion of oneself than
|reality. Both are grounded in the belief that we see things
|objectively and others do not. So, we tend to think that the
|people who disagree with us are uninformed, irrational, or
|biased. [2]
...
|[2] Benson, B. (2016). Cognitive bias cheat sheet. Better Humans.

  ¹ Wasn't there something attributed to Jesus?