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Biases in how the Wikipedia community collectively thinks about the cognitive biases present in the wiki system. These are flawed assumptions or beliefs regarding the nature and remediation of bias on the platform. A prime example is the Bias Neutralization Fallacy: the belief that the collective, consensus-driven editing process inherently cancels out individual cognitive biases, akin to a "wisdom of the crowd" effect for truth. This metabias ignores how systemic biases (like contributor demographics) can be reinforced, not mitigated, by group consensus. Another is the Source Fetishism Metabias, where the community believes that any statement backed by a "reliable source" is therefore free from cognitive bias, ignoring the biases embedded within the media and academic publishing industries themselves.
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