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Keep in mind this is about other people, not you.
How is this new? The idea of WYSIATI was well described by Kahneman and others well over a decade ago and seems to cover this.
It also seems to be related to Dunning-Kruger, in that people are very bad at recognizing their own gaps in knowledge.
Hell yeah… I’m completely right when arguing with my wife until I’m not.