Question

Anthony, the plant manager, was talking with another manager about Tim, the lead engineer in the corporate R & D department. Anthony remarked, "Tim is so bright, and he is an expert in designing products. But like so many experts, he can’t imagine what it’s like to be as ignorant as the rest of us. I think at times, he cannot see things from an outsider’s perspective." Tim is suffering from

Answer 1

Answer:

the curse of knowledge    

Explanation:

Anthony, the plant manager, was talking with another manager about Tim, the lead engineer in the corporate R & D department. Anthony remarked, "Tim is so bright, and he is an expert in designing products. But like so many experts, he can’t imagine what it’s like to be as ignorant as the rest of us. I think at times, he cannot see things from an outsider’s perspective." Tim is suffering from  the curse of knowledge. The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when a subject matter expert discussing with people wrongly assumes that they have the same background knowledge of that topic or subject, it causes experts to fail to understand and appreciate that other people do not know what they know.