“To me, this is setting up a false dichotomy”—I set up this dichotomy as a way of identifying a middle path. To clear “post-bias thinking” is not so much about rejecting rationalism’s tendency to think in terms of bias, but about realising that there are often counter-veiling considerations.
”If I were aware of my bias, I would take steps to not make that decision and would therefore no longer be biased, except in ways that I was currently unaware.”—Not necessarily. You might end up overcorrecting if you tried that.
”As to the survivorship of biases, it doesn’t really make sense to believe that only useful things survive and all negative things die off”—Indeed, but it is useful to consider whether a bias might also have benefits attached. Because sometimes we might find that we were too quick to judge.
“To me, this is setting up a false dichotomy”—I set up this dichotomy as a way of identifying a middle path. To clear “post-bias thinking” is not so much about rejecting rationalism’s tendency to think in terms of bias, but about realising that there are often counter-veiling considerations.
”If I were aware of my bias, I would take steps to not make that decision and would therefore no longer be biased, except in ways that I was currently unaware.”—Not necessarily. You might end up overcorrecting if you tried that.
”As to the survivorship of biases, it doesn’t really make sense to believe that only useful things survive and all negative things die off”—Indeed, but it is useful to consider whether a bias might also have benefits attached. Because sometimes we might find that we were too quick to judge.