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cognition
You assume experts share your clarity of thought.
The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias where you find it difficult to imagine what it is like not to know what you know.
Once you master a concept, your brain stores it as a default, making it nearly impossible to reconstruct the state of being a novice. You unintentionally skip steps or assume prior knowledge when explaining things to others. The more you know about a subject, the harder you are to teach it.
Your expertise is a barrier to your own clear communication.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Camerer, Loewenstein, and Weber (1989)
- What the check found
- The definition is widely accepted in behavioral economics, but the provided reference material does not contain the necessary citation to verify the specific attribution.
- Confidence
- Solid, with limits
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