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The Curse of Knowledge: Why We Can’t See What Others See · insyed; cozy psychology

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  It's an open secret. I'm sure you know what it
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  is, right? I mean, it's so obvious. Yet at the
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  same time, it's what most often blinds us. You
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  don't know what I know. And I don't know what
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  you know. The difference between us is what psychologists
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  call the theory of mind. And it's basically the
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  difference between having a map and asking a
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  local. The local shoes may be dirty from walking
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  around so much, but our maps, clean lines make
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  us think that we know better. This arrogance
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  that we have in ourselves, psychologists call
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  the curse of knowledge. And this was explored
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  scientifically in the famous Sally Anne task.
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  Children under four years old usually fail to
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  understand that people will look for an object
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  where they think it is rather than what the child
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  knows. And research shows that this isn't exclusive
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  to children. Even in adults, they exhibit a similar
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  subtle parallel limitation. where their current
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  knowledge biases their recollection of previous
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  more ignorant states. Therefore, the only thing
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  we can truly assume is that everything and everyone
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  has something to teach us. And even if the only
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  thing you can find in someone is that they're
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  difficult, let that be a lesson in patience and
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  in peace. And that open secret I talked about
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  earlier? We spend our whole lives trying to be
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  understood. When in reality, What we really should
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  be trying is to understand. And with that, I
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  hope you take care. Thank you and goodbye.