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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People tend to conform to behaviors that are common among other people, even when they know that those people did not make their choices freely, and when the decision does not mirror their own desires.
When you catch yourself thinking "that's crazy," try to figure out why someone would believe that idea.
People are mostly logical, their starting point is just different. When you try to see if you can find the premises for someone's beliefs and ideas, their conclusions wi...
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