I think I’ve noticed some sort of cognitive bias in myself and others where we are naturally biased towards “contrarian” or “secret” views because it feels good to know something that others don’t know / be right about something that so many people are wrong about.
Does this bias have a name? Is this documented anywhere? Should I do research on this?
GPT4 says it’s the Illusion of asymmetric insight, which I’m not sure is the same thing (I think it is the more general term, whereas I’m looking for one specific to contrarian views). (Edit: it’s totally not what I was looking for) Interestingly, it only has one hit on lesswrong. I think more people should know about this (the specific one about contrarianism) since it seems fairly common.
Edit: The illusion of asymmetric insight is totally the wrong name. It seems closer to the illusion of exclusivity although that does not feel right (that is a method for selling products, not the name of a cognitive bias that makes people believe in contrarian stuff because they want to be special).
Please don’t write comments all in boldface. It feels like you’re trying to get people to pay more attention to your comment than to others, and it actually makes your comment a little harder to read as well as making the whole thread uglier.
I think I’ve noticed some sort of cognitive bias in myself and others where we are naturally biased towards “contrarian” or “secret” views because it feels good to know something that others don’t know / be right about something that so many people are wrong about.
Does this bias have a name? Is this documented anywhere? Should I do research on this?
GPT4 says it’s theIllusion of asymmetric insight, which I’m not sure is the same thing (I think it is the more general term, whereas I’m looking for one specific to contrarian views).(Edit: it’s totally not what I was looking for)Interestingly, it only hasone hit on lesswrong.I think more people should know about this (the specific one about contrarianism) since it seems fairly common.Edit: The illusion of asymmetric insight is totally the wrong name. It seems closer to the illusion of exclusivity although that does not feel right (that is a method for selling products, not the name of a cognitive bias that makes people believe in contrarian stuff because they want to be special).
Please don’t write comments all in boldface. It feels like you’re trying to get people to pay more attention to your comment than to others, and it actually makes your comment a little harder to read as well as making the whole thread uglier.
Noted, thanks.