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Is there a name for the fallacy of assuming, when one is in the dark, that everyone else actually knows what's going on? I don't mean this in a conspiracy sort of way; just a sort of implicit assumption that, when in doubt, other people have more complete knowledge than oneself.
As an example of this, consider real-time strategy games, i.e. Starcraft. I always inordinately fear what's going on in the part of the map that I can't see; obviously my opponent is building up a massive army and preparing to destroy me with it. (Note that this is typically not true.) But I fail to properly take account, in my own strategy, of the fact that my opponent cannot, in fact, see what I'm up to either, and may well fear that unknown; and that I should be using this to my advantage.
Does everyone do this? Is there a name for it?
As an example of this, consider real-time strategy games, i.e. Starcraft. I always inordinately fear what's going on in the part of the map that I can't see; obviously my opponent is building up a massive army and preparing to destroy me with it. (Note that this is typically not true.) But I fail to properly take account, in my own strategy, of the fact that my opponent cannot, in fact, see what I'm up to either, and may well fear that unknown; and that I should be using this to my advantage.
Does everyone do this? Is there a name for it?
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This sounds like possibly a very interesting insight which I am pretty sure you are not going to explain. [ ^_^ | ^_^; | :-/ ]
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And I'm to understand the vast majority of grad students feel this way at least some of the time, if not most of the time. And let me tell you, knowing that this is a common thing doesn't make the feeling go away.
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:-D
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I really like Akiva's proposed name "fog of war fallacy" for this phenomenon. Let's make a wikipedia article for it! ;-)
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Over time, I've adjusted my expectations to be closer to the true frequencies.
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