The “Fundamental Attribution Error” — the tendency to explain others’ behavior by disposition while explaining our own by context:
- Person A sees someone speeding: “That man is an idiot for driving above the speed limit.”
- Person B, who is also speeding: “I am driving above the speed limit because I have a family emergency.”
Same outcome (speeding), but only B attributes it to context.
Originally posted on Twitter, September 2023.