If you try to anticipate someone else’s misinterpretations of what you say, you are likely to match their reply to your expectations using regular-expression-like matching and reject their response, without fully parsing it.
Often, it’s better to say one insightful thing than to say one insightful thing and two less-insightful things, because the less-insightful things are easier to respond to.
Developing expertise in overcoming bias, and “trying really hard” to overcome bias, doesn’t overcome bias. It can make bias worse, by becoming an excuse not to update in response to the ideas of others.
Mostly things that I’ve observed. For instance:
If you try to anticipate someone else’s misinterpretations of what you say, you are likely to match their reply to your expectations using regular-expression-like matching and reject their response, without fully parsing it.
Often, it’s better to say one insightful thing than to say one insightful thing and two less-insightful things, because the less-insightful things are easier to respond to.
Developing expertise in overcoming bias, and “trying really hard” to overcome bias, doesn’t overcome bias. It can make bias worse, by becoming an excuse not to update in response to the ideas of others.