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You cannot imagine a world where you do not know this.
Once you possess information, you find it nearly impossible to simulate the mindset of someone who lacks it.
Known as the curse of knowledge, this bias causes you to overestimate the ability of others to understand your perspective. You rely on your own expertise as the baseline, failing to subtract the specific knowledge you acquired over time. It explains why experts struggle to teach beginners, and why you feel others should naturally 'get it'.
You are a poor predictor of what others don't know.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Camerer, Loewenstein, and Weber, 1989
- What the check found
- The claim accurately describes the concept known as the 'curse of knowledge,' which was defined in the 1989 paper by Camerer, Loewenstein, and Weber.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
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