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Seeing Others in Data, but Not Ourselves
- JoshTriplett 2y agoClosely related to the Fundamental Attribution Error: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error > observers underemphasize situational and environmental factors for the behavior of an actor while overemphasizing dispositional or personality factors. "I slipped because the road is icy." "They slipped because they're clumsy." "I'm late because there was traffic." "They're late because they're lacksadasical." "That's one of those irregular verbs, isn't it? I give confidential security briefings. You leak. He has been charged under section 2a of the Official Secrets Act."
- ggm 2y agoFor the second time today, I find myself typing Gell-Mann Amnesia. Applicable or no?