It could be argued (as much as you can argue anything in psychology) that people are black boxes to about half the population, those that are thinkers according to the Myers-Briggs test and derivatives. Those of my friends that fall into the thinker approach often treat others as black boxes, especially the ones that fall under the feeler approach; feelers seen as irrational by thinkers when trying to understand the inside. The feelers on the other hand know (that is, believe they know) what others want and think.
I know the above statemets are a bit sweeping and exaggerated, but the black box metaphor works better for some people than others.
/jeorgen
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