NancyLebovitz comments on [SEQ RERUN] Illusion of Transparency: Why No One Understands You - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2011 09:07:40PM *  2 points [-]

I often do not understand how people could not see something that seems obvious to me. And I have been told by several people that I am oblivious to how my demeanor is perceived by others and I probably have offended some people without intending or even realizing it.

Also I have no idea why this comment of mine is at -2 karma while this one is at +6. To me they look the same.

And recently I thought that maybe my lack of concern for other people could be because some subconscious part of my brain fails to model them as humans at all. It helps a lot to keep these things in mind, but I have not yet found a pattern of failures that I could easily correct.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 October 2011 12:25:14AM 4 points [-]

I often do not understand how people could not see something that seems obvious to me.

It may help to contemplate things other people seem to understand that you don't, and what your mental state was before you understood things which are clear to you now.