Psychologist's Fallacy
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Hey hey,
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For now, let me tell you about Psychologist’s Fallacy.
What is it?
The psychologist's fallacy is an informal fallacy that occurs when an observer assumes that his or her subjective experience reflects the true nature of an event.
Where does it occur?
An example of a way in which people display the psychologist’s fallacy is a phenomenon known as intersubjective confusion or confusion of standpoints, which occurs when a person fails to account for the fact that others perceive events in a different way than they do since they mistakenly assume that other people’s experiences are identical to their own. [2]
Why do I need to know?
A few weeks back, I discussed the case of overcoming biases in writing this newsletter.
Some things we need to keep in account in our studies and researches can be:-
We’ll never have all the information.
Contexts matter a lot.
We have our own biases and therefore, our perception will be limited/flawed.
References & Studies: -
https://effectiviology.com/psychologists-fallacy/
https://the-definition.com/term/psychologists-fallacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychologist%27s_fallacy
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