{"slug":"hanlons-razor","name":"Hanlon's Razor","category":"Mental model","definition":"Before assuming someone hurt you on purpose, construct the version where they made a mistake — and see how much evidence it explains. The razor is a Bayesian prior, not a proof; override it when concrete evidence of malice arrives. Human attribution systematically over-weights intent (fundamental attribution error); most hostile-seeming acts are incompetence, miscommunication, or asymmetric information.","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/hanlons-razor/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/hanlons-razor?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=hanlons-razor","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=hanlons-razor"}}