or mistakenly interpret malice when only ignorance is present (because they’re assuming the other person is as smart as they are and would therefore never make such an ignorant mistake)
I’m under the impression that a substantial part of Hanson’s Homo hypocritus observations fall prey to this failure mode.
Is there a name for this failure mode? For clarity: The one where people use themselves as a map of other people and are frequently incorrect. That would be good to have.
I’m under the impression that a substantial part of Hanson’s Homo hypocritus observations fall prey to this failure mode.
Is there a name for this failure mode? For clarity: The one where people use themselves as a map of other people and are frequently incorrect. That would be good to have.
http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Typical_mind_fallacy