I sat down to review a paper and caught myself being harsh because the author disagreed with my own work. Then on the next one I went soft because I liked their earlier stuff. I want to be fair and rigorous, but I can feel my own leanings tilting the scale.
More people experience this than they realize.
Judging someone else's work fairly means fighting the biases you can barely see in yourself.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.