Bias

SYSTEMS 26 REALITY TUNNELS
DOMAIN THE SIMULATION

DEFINITION:

A tendency, predisposition, preference, assumption, inclination, filter, or interpretive distortion that influences perception, judgment, memory, reasoning, decision-making, or evaluation.

FUNCTION:

Shapes reality perception by directing attention toward certain information, interpretations, patterns, meanings, or conclusions while reducing attention toward others.

EXAMPLES:

Confirmation bias
Selection bias
Survivorship bias
Availability bias
Anchoring bias
Attribution bias
Cultural bias
Ideological bias

NOTES:

Bias is not necessarily malicious, irrational, or avoidable. Bias emerges naturally from limited information, experience, attention, identity, memory, culture, incentives, and cognitive constraints. Every reality tunnel contains biases.

CONTROL TEXT OBSERVATION:

Reality contains more information than any observer can process. Bias functions as a perception-selection mechanism that determines which information receives attention and which information remains unnoticed. Through bias, reality becomes simplified into manageable models, but those models may emphasize certain patterns while obscuring others. Every reality tunnel is shaped not only by what it contains, but by what it excludes.