You assume you see things as they truly are — and that anyone who disagrees is biased

Naive realism is the quiet assumption that your own perception of a situation is simply objective reality, unfiltered by any personal slant. It follows that anyone who sees things differently must be misinformed, irrational or acting in bad faith, rather than working from an equally partial view of their own. Lee Ross and Andrew Ward argued this single assumption fuels far more conflict than any actual disagreement in the facts.

— Lee Ross and Andrew Ward, Naive Realism in Everyday Life: Implications for Social Conflict and Misunderstanding — Values and Knowledge, 1996

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