Striving for Neutrality is Making You Dumber
Harnessing Your Biased Beautiful Brain
"The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend." - Robertson Davies
You're scrolling through your social media feed, engaged in a heated debate with a friend. You think, "I'm going to approach this objectively." We've all been there, haven't we? This noble pursuit of unbiased thinking, this quest for objectivity—it's practically hardwired into our brains as the hallmark of intelligent discourse.
But what if I told you that the desire to be unbiased is biased?
Can we be unbiased, or is it impossible to escape the influence of the "I"?
We can't remove ourselves from the equation. And you know what? That's ok. In fact, it might be more than ok—it could be the key to unlocking a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
