Believing that others understand helps us feel that we do, even when we don't
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 08:44
in Psychology & Sociology
Experiments described in a new study reveal that our sense of what we know about something is increased when we learn that others around us understand it. The findings are consistent with the idea of a "community of knowledge" in which people implicitly rely on others to harbor needed expertise. Otherwise everyone would have to be omniscient to get by.