The curse of knowledge
It is a cognitive bias that causes people to fail to account for the fact that others don’t know the same things that they do.
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4. Curse of Knowledge
The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias, which occurs when people fail to consider that others don’t have the same background knowledge or information as they do.
Someone knowledgeable in a particular field might find it difficult to put themselves into a beginner’s shoes (or someone who...
The “curse of knowledge”
It is a cognitive bias that describes the fact that when you know something, it's very difficult to know what it's like not to know it.
The things you know seem so obvious to you and you assume that everyone else knows them too.
Why we experience the curse of knowledge
Since we spend the majority of the time experiencing things from our own perspective, we struggle to imagine the perspective of others.
The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that makes it difficult for people to account for the fact that other people’s thoughts, belie...
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