Our common sense about other people is a kind... - Deepstash

Our common sense about other people is a kind of intuitive psychology - we try to infer people's beliefs and desires from what they do and try to predict or they will do from our gursses about their beliefs and desires.

Our intuitive psychology, though, must make the assumption that other people have beliefs and desires.

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