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Is there a specific bias for thinking that everyone possesses the same knowledge as you? For example, after learning more about a certain subject, I have a tendency to think, "Oh, but everyone already knows this, don't they" even though they probably don't and I wouldn't have assumed that before learning about it myself.
A related concept is "inferential distance" - people can only move one step at a time from what they know.
Also typical mind fallacy.
Theory of mind. Locally it's often called a "typical mind fallacy".