Psychology

Once you know something, you can't quite remember what it felt like not to

Economists Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein and Martin Weber found that better-informed people systematically struggle to predict what less-informed people will think or do, even when it's in their own interest to do so. It's a big part of why experts make confusing teachers, and why 'just explain it simply' is harder than it sounds.

Colin Camerer, George Loewenstein & Martin Weber, The Curse of Knowledge in Economic Settings: An Experimental Analysis — Journal of Political Economy, 1989

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