The illusion of personal objectivity is a perception that one's ideas and beliefs are objective and reasonable. The person is convinced that when they explain the facts, others will agree with them and those who disagree are being unreasonable or irrational.
Physicians and psychologists can strongly disagree on the nature of a patient's condition based on their perspective on the same symptoms or the research concerning a drug or vaccine.
Parents can argue about the perceived causes of a child's misbehavior.
Researchers have documented a link between the objectivity illusion and the false consensus effect. The false consensus effects in the belief, based on supportive friends, that one's views are correct.
People generally fail to seriously consider opinions that are different from their own. This failure is found among highly educated professionals.
Problems of quick thinking can be found in the work of Daniel Kahneman--see Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Reference
Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. New York, NY: Farrar, Stauss, & Giroux.
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