I believe it's confirmation bias at play. Let me explain.
People don't have limitless mental capacity. When we make judgment, it's mentally tiring to evaluate every single thing every single time. So we set up some short of mental shortcut to help us evaluate things. But this shortcut by nature is prone to error & bias. We call this
cognitive bias
. For example, the mentioned Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias where we overestimate our own abilities.
Confirmation bias is a type of cognitive bias where we favor information that reinforces our belief. Because of this the exact same story can be interpreted differently by people.
A = We need <$1,000 for gaming rig (cheap club)
B = We need >$3,000 for gaming rig (expensive club)
B says "I have $4,000 gaming rig. I can play game X at 4K / Ultra / 120fps"
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B (expensive club) mentally focus on 'game X at 4K / Ultra / 120fps
'
. From B's point of view that $4,000 rig is perfect.
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On the other hand A (cheap club) mentally focus on '$4,000 to play game X' instead. They know they can play X on cheaper rig. From A's point of view that $4,000 rig is a waste of money.
As you can use, the exact same story about B's gaming rig can be perceived differently by B and A because they favor different piece of information (that aligns with their initial belief). That leads to...
pinky0926 posted...
there's not much understanding between either group of how the other person sees it.