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Hanlon's Razor and the Fundamental Attribution Error

Hanlon's Razor and the Fundamental Attribution Error

Most respectful interpretation(MRI): In any situation, you can explain a person’s behavior in many ways. MRI asks you to interpret the other parties’ actions in the most respectful way possible.

Hanlon’s razor invites you to never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by carelessness.

The third story, most respectful interpretation, and Hanlon’s razor are all attempts to overcome what psychologists call the fundamental attribution error, where you frequently make errors by attributing others’ behaviors to their internal, or fundamental, motivations rather than external factors.

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