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waveman comments on Open thread, Oct. 03 - Oct. 09, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: sawahbodien 07 October 2016 11:22:57AM 1 point [-]

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.

Comment author: waveman 07 October 2016 11:33:13AM 4 points [-]

A related concept is "inferential distance" - people can only move one step at a time from what they know.

Also typical mind fallacy.