My native hardware is definitely limited - I'm autistic.
The standard quick-and-dirty method of predicting others seems to be "model them as slightly modified versions of you", but when other people's minds are more similar to each other than they are to you, the method works far better for them than it does for you.
My realtime modeling isn't that much worse than other people's, but other people can do a lot more with a couple of minutes and no distractions than I can.
Thanks a bunch for the suggestions!
The standard quick-and-dirty method of predicting others seems to be "model them as slightly modified versions of you"
It certainly doesn't feel that way to me, but I might have inherited some autistic characteristics since there are a couple of autistic people in my extended family. Now that I've worked with people more, it's more like I have several basic models of people like "rational", "emotional", "aggressive", "submissive", "assertive", "polite", "stupid", "smart&...
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