Illusion of Explanatory Depth

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconthink you understand
Executive Parlancecomprehension overestimate
Scholarly Discourseexplanatory confidence error
Babel ZenithIllusion of Explanatory Depth
Origin: Cognitive Science

Etymology & Meaning

Believing you understand things better than you do.

In the Boardroom

Thinking you understand how things work until asked to explain.

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