I am claiming something like a difference between implicit beliefs (which drive actions) and explicit narratives (which drive speech), and claiming that the explicit narratives are biased towards thinking things are going well.
This difference could be implemented through a combination of self-deception and other-deception. So it could result in people having explicit beliefs that are too optimistic, or explicitly lying in ways that result in the things said being too optimistic. (Self-deception might be considered an instance of a multi-agent theory of mind, but I don’t think it has to be; the explicit beliefs may be a construct rather than an agent)
Hmm, okay that makes sense. [I think there might be other models for what’s going on here but agree that this model is plausible and doesn’t require the multi-agent model]
I am claiming something like a difference between implicit beliefs (which drive actions) and explicit narratives (which drive speech), and claiming that the explicit narratives are biased towards thinking things are going well.
This difference could be implemented through a combination of self-deception and other-deception. So it could result in people having explicit beliefs that are too optimistic, or explicitly lying in ways that result in the things said being too optimistic. (Self-deception might be considered an instance of a multi-agent theory of mind, but I don’t think it has to be; the explicit beliefs may be a construct rather than an agent)
Hmm, okay that makes sense. [I think there might be other models for what’s going on here but agree that this model is plausible and doesn’t require the multi-agent model]