- cross-posted to:
- cars@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- cars@lemmy.world
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Everyone is dealing with something that you don’t know about. Be nice.
People on the road especially. Why do they always honk and yell at others who are clearly having some issue with their vehicle? Like they chose to do that…
This comic is an excellent depiction of the fundamental attribution error.
fundamental attribution error
except that is not the point of the comic. it is laughing at people who buy wreck on the verge of collapse, because they can now be proud they have a sport car, instead of buying normal car they can afford, would work, be more practical, but doesn’t fulfill their child dream. at least that’s how i see it.
It’s not the point of the comic but it’s still an excellent example of the thing the other person said. Fundamental whatever
I love how low effort this comment is lol
was he forced to buy unreliable midlife crisis car by some outside factors other than his own decision?
In social psychology, the fundamental attribution error is a cognitive attribution bias in which observers underemphasize situational and environmental factors for the behavior of an actor while overemphasizing dispositional or personality factors. In other words, observers tend to overattribute the behaviors of others to their personality (e.g., he is late because he’s selfish) and underattribute them to the situation or context (e.g., he is late because he got stuck in traffic).
exactly. so read it carefully, think about it for a minute, and then answer the question:
are you saying there were some outside factors that forced the man’s decision to buy the car and it was not in fact his own personality that made the choice?
if the answer is yes, then the comic is indeed an example of quoted bias. the problem is it is clearly not, so… bullshit.
You’re making that exact same fundamental attribution error, just at one layer deeper. Instead of assuming that they’re a bad driver, you’re assuming that it was their personal choice to buy that car. We don’t know anything about their life situation, or their circumstances.
Here’s some example outside factors to ponder:
- Financial issues; it’s the only car they could afford
- They got scammed at an auction via undisclosed mechanical issues and are in the process of correcting the issue
- They’re driving their friend’s car home after taking them to hospital
- The car spontaneously developed this issue out of nowhere
- If they go above 20mph, the bomb will explode
