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It often happens that a person is convinced that he/she understands others perfectly even though he/she is missing the latter's most important points, like the "blind spot", of which the person is unaware. This is called "subunderstanding". It is very frustrating for the subunderstood person because the subunderstander does not see the need to understand him/her any further. This is not because of stupidity on the part of the subunderstander, but because of the lack of coordinates in his/her mental space.
A three-dimensional phenomenon can be projected onto two-dimensional plane, and a two-dimensional phenomenon can be projected onto a one-dimensional line. These projections make shadows; the process of making these shadows is called "dimension reduction" (Maruyama 1961, 1962, 1979, 1985b).
If a dimension reduction produces an internally consistent explanation, i.e. an explanation which has no internal contradiction, then the interpreter is convinced that he/she has understood the phenomenon perfectly.
Magoroh Maruyama, 2004, Polyocular Vision or Subunderstanding?, Organization Studies, Volume 25, Issue 3, p. 473.

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