>>5Take for example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_KaczynskiOn May 25, 1978, a package bearing Crist's return address was found in a parking lot at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The package was "returned" to Crist who was suspicious because he had not sent the package, so he contacted campus police. Officer Terry Marker opened the package, which exploded and injured Marker's left hand.
What have Ted thought? Ted has made following assumptions:
1. The package would be "returned" to Crist.
2. Crist would open it.
3. The explosion would be strong enough to kill Crist.
Ted's first assumption was correct, while the other tow failed:
- Crist haven't opened it.
- Explosion strength was not enough to kill a person.
I.e. Ted autistically thought that real world is mathematics, where everything always works.
Similar thought patterns can be seen in Elliot's writing and actions. For example, Elliot assumed that sorority won't be locked and would be full of girls. I.e. Elliot haven't tested his assumptions to be correct in 95% of cases, made no experiments, but was dead confident in his wrong picture of reality. Same with Elliot's playing lottery, basing his assumptions on "Law of Attraction", which he understood unironically.