Learn English – word for “I think you think”

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I often say, or hear people say in conversation "I think you think [a thing]"

This feels rather cumbersome to say, and whenever I hear it I always have to really consider what was just said. It seems like such a common idea that a single word should exist for it. Does anyone know of such a word?

Best Answer

This is multiple level thinking, which is a term common in the world of poker.

From https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/assaadmouawad.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/multiple-level-psychology/amp/

Multiple level thinking is a term commonly associated with deepstack poker which refers to a players ability to analyse their opponents actions aswell as their own and think on a number of different levels in order to establish a range of poker hands your opponent could be holding and a range of reasons for their corresponding actions. The table image of you and your opponents plays a major part in how you approach the deeper levels of thinking, the poker becomes more about psychology than the mechanics of the game.

There are 5 levels to multiple level thinking:
Level 0 What do I have?
Level 1 What does my opponent have?
Level 2 What does my opponent think I have?
Level 3 What does my opponent think I think he has?
Level 4 What does my opponent think I think he thinks I have?

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