Law of the Instrument

If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Definition

When we acquire a new skill, we tend to see opportunities to use it everywhere. This bias is also known as “the law of the hammer”, or “Maslow’s hammer”, in reference to psychologist Abraham Maslow’s famous quote: “I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail”

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