Coaching practices for Naive Realism Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are Before Bed
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- I can spot everyone else’s blind spots instantly
- Everything I read and everyone I ask keeps confirming what I already believe, and it’s starting to feel too clean
- Someone just said something that feels so obviously wrong I can feel the heat rising, and I’m about to fire back
- They went quiet, or left me on read, and I instantly knew what it meant
- When someone’s short with me or drops the ball I go straight to "that’s just who they are
Practices that may help
- Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are
Naive realism is the near-universal conviction that one perceives the world directly and accurately, and that anyone who disagrees is therefore biased, uninformed, or irrational. Identified by Lee Ross and Andrew Ward, the bias is well supported in social psychology research and underlies a wide range of interpersonal and political conflict. - Question your own objectivity explicitly
Ask yourself what forces might be shaping your perception before assuming you see things clearly.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Actively seek information that disconfirms your view
Deliberately look for the best evidence against your current position before committing to it.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Recognize the perspective gap before responding
Pause before reacting to disagreement to ask what information or experience could make the other view coherent.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Slow down interpretation of others’ intent
Treat your first read of someone’s motivation as a hypothesis, not a fact, and hold it loosely.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Default to attributional charity for others’ behavior
When someone acts in a way that seems wrong, first generate a situational explanation before a dispositional one.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Steelman the opposing view before rebutting it
Reconstruct the strongest possible version of the argument you disagree with — then respond to that.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Beginner’s mind (shoshin)
Meet each moment without the overlay of expertise, expectation, or “I already know this.”
Zen Practice (Zazen and Beyond) - Map shared values before mapping the disagreement
In any conflict, identify the values or goals you and the other person genuinely share before cataloguing differences.
Naive Realism: Why Everyone Thinks They See Things as They Are - Protect hypnagogic and hypnopompic windows
The edge of sleep — drifting off and waking up — is when associative barriers lower most.
The Three Bs of Creativity: Bed, Bath, and Bus
Related concerns
- Naive Realism Exercise
Naive realism is the near-universal conviction that one perceives the world directly and accurately, and that anyone who disagrees is therefore biased, uninformed, or irrational. Identified by Lee Ross and Andrew Ward, the bias is well supported in social psychology research and underlies a wide range of interpersonal and political conflict.
- Naive Realism Why Everyone Thinks They See Things As They Are At Work
Naive realism is the near-universal conviction that one perceives the world directly and accurately, and that anyone who disagrees is therefore biased, uninformed, or irrational. Identified by Lee Ross and Andrew Ward, the bias is well supported in social psychology research and underlies a wide range of interpersonal and political conflict.
- Naive Realism Why Everyone Thinks They See Things As They Are During Conflict
Naive realism is the near-universal conviction that one perceives the world directly and accurately, and that anyone who disagrees is therefore biased, uninformed, or irrational. Identified by Lee Ross and Andrew Ward, the bias is well supported in social psychology research and underlies a wide range of interpersonal and political conflict.
- Why Do People Think They Are Right
Most positions you strongly disagree with are right about something important — finding that part is intellectually obligatory.
Find what is genuinely right about positions you disagree with
- How Do You Explain Right And Left Politics To A Child Without Bias
Pause before reacting to disagreement to ask what information or experience could make the other view coherent.
Recognize the perspective gap before responding
- Theory Of Mind Bias
Assume you know what others are thinking, usually negatively, without evidence.
Mind-reading
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