A term for lack of perspective on your own contextual knowledge? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by pr06lefs@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Is there a term for that phenomenon where someone gets so far into a topic that they become unaware of how much contextual knowledge they have about it?

Then they write some inscrutable technical docs, use unexplained acronyms, or tell a story about “he”, "she’ and/or “they” where you have no idea who they’re talking about.

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[-] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

        uncommunicative/inarticulate
jargon
abstruse
overspecialized/hyperspecialized/overeducated
genius/crackpot/eccentric
ignorant (of their comparative knowledge to regular folks or other professionals who are noy)
lack of self-awareness
echo chamber
ivory tower (dweller)/
out of touch
élit(e|ist)
academic ;)
for talent: blindly gifted


      

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