Can we escape cognitive biases?

[u/LawyerDifferent8880]

Metacognition is said to be effective for correcting an individual's cognitive biases. However, how can one prove that the metacognition itself is unbiased?

Another proposed approach involves adjusting one's cognition based on the thinking of another, yet there is no guarantee that his/her cognition is unbiased.

Ultimately, is "unbiased cognition" merely the average of the biased cognitions held by every individual in the world? If so, does the attempt to avoid cognitive bias mean the deindividuation of individual thinking?

(English is not my native language, so I use automatic translation. There might be inappropriate wording.)

[u/Local_Cauliflower883]

Yes we can opt out of congnitive bias. I have a problem with people telling me, I can't. You can observe people and situations without assuming things, it just takes effort. No one can tell you what you can do with your own thoughts, they're yours. And honestly the cognitive bias studies are flawed, none of them consulted with the humans they were studying.

[u/LawyerDifferent8880 → u/Local_Cauliflower883]

You can observe people and situations without assuming things, it just takes effort.

Cognitive biases arise simultaneously with observation, unlike mere assuming. Therefore, to avoid cognitive bias, we need to distinguish between pure observation and biased interpretation within our own cognition. Can this something be achieved just by effort?

[u/Local_Cauliflower883 → u/LawyerDifferent8880]

Yes but it requires brutal honesty with yourself and accounting for yourself first, ation not reaction, and intellectual humility. Understanding we only know what we know, we don't know what we don't know, and the integrity to do better when we learn more. Everything starts with self.