Are normal people really any good at figuring out what other people are thinking? Or is it just that, being more similar to other people, the heuristic "he's th

Are normal people really any good at figuring out what other people are thinking? Or is it just that, being more similar to other people, the heuristic "he's thinking pretty much the same thing as what I'd be thinking" works pretty well? Temple Grandin call herself the woman who thinks like a cow. I very much doubt she does think like a cow, but she seems to better at empathizing with cows that neurotypical people are. Does she really have defective empathy?