What are some things people don’t expect you to understand (based on your education, background what people assume about you, etc) but you do?
Test: people seem genuinely surprised when you demonstrate said understanding.
Question inspired by inverse Kevin Simler question.
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Hmm this is a harder question than it sounded like in my head. I got nothing. I don’t think I’ve surprised anyone thus way in a long time. I must be pretty wysiwyg. Or they hide their surprise.
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Do this a few times early in your career/relationship/friendship and people expect your to know everything
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Others' ignorance about your ability is bliss.
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Discounted Cash flow , History, Anthropology, Sociology, ethnography, languages.



