VIIICognitive Bias
False Consensus Effect
Your bias is False Consensus Effect. Overestimating how widely your views are shared.
Why This Bias Happens
We use ourselves as the easiest model of a person, then project that model outward. Familiar social circles reinforce the illusion.
Example 1
Epictetus warns against assuming your judgments are universal law. A disciplined mind separates “my view” from “reality itself.”
Example 2
Classic studies found people predict that others will make the same choices they make, and then treat dissent as abnormal.