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Interesting, I'd never heard of it before - but it puts a name on something I think we've all experienced many times. The AZ problem is a useful generalisation
by beaconstudios 9y ago
Interesting, I'd never heard of it before - but it puts a name on something I think we've all experienced many times. The AZ problem is a useful generalisation too, it digs towards the root cause.
Do you know if it belongs to a category of problems, in the same manner that e.g. the "either-or" belongs to the category of logical fallacies and confirmation bias belongs to cognitive biases? I always find those types of categories useful in building mental models.
- dvt 9y ago> Do you know if it belongs to a category of problems You kind of put me on the spot here, I'm not sure. I'd have to think about it for a while, but my gut feeling is that, yeah, it probably falls in the overarching category of "not knowing/realizing that you don't know something" -- so the failure point is epistemic.
- beaconstudios 9y agono pressure :) I was just curious if you'd happened upon such a thing. I find these groups of errors helpful for understanding interpersonal dynamics - I might go have a read around, I'll reply on here if I find anything.