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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Relevant XKCD

Edit: is there no way to get a thumbnail to render this, can the image be found and linked to rather than page?

Edit2: can we get a bot that autoconverts links and stuff to this, people would just have to remember to input the image url not the page in which it appears

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I see the image!

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![relevant](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/average_familiarity.png)

*[Relevant XKCD](https://xkcd.com/2501/)*

Use the format as given here without the backticks like this

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  • 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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Also “theory of mind failure”

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Could also be “bad storyteller” lol

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Is that like when someone’s been deep in their echo chamber then shows up in a public space with a comment like:

Then how do you account for three penalty strikes and the laptop and the way a veteran disowned the media blackout about hillary’s emails?

And you’re like “dude wtf are you even talking about?”

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I think that’d be one example of it yeah

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There probably is an official term, but “bad communicator” also works.

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