We cannot know the totality of what others know.
- Forgetting this and thinking in terms of “what I know,” there are “things I know but the other person doesn’t know,” which leads to the misconception that “I know better than he/she does.
- But since this is a symmetrical relationship, it appears to be the same from the other side
Derived from - Decisions supported by multiple perspectives of different observation ranges
relevance
- I think I’ve painted a similar picture.
- A series of pictures of two people saying different things
- There it is. - I know both, but the other person only knows one.
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