people are often blind to their own biases, because they incorrectly think that biased thinking on their part would be detectable by conscious introspection
The illusion of a unified, transparent self seems to constantly undermine our thinking.
Is this a problem with our language or our culture? Has a culture / language ever been studied that didn’t suffer from this as badly?
Is this a problem with our language or our culture? Has a culture / language ever been studied that didn’t suffer from this as badly?
Good question. It seems to me, that it is mostly a problem of logistics. When talking about ourselves and objects near us, it is simply easier to reduce those objects to single words. such as ‘me’.
The illusion of a unified, transparent self seems to constantly undermine our thinking.
Is this a problem with our language or our culture? Has a culture / language ever been studied that didn’t suffer from this as badly?
Good question. It seems to me, that it is mostly a problem of logistics. When talking about ourselves and objects near us, it is simply easier to reduce those objects to single words. such as ‘me’.