HumANomaly

The Pacers v. Knicks game is on and George of the Pacers comes away with the ball with 8 seconds remaining. The announcer says "The Pacers will control the ball for the last shot of the period." We have no problem recognizing that he was correct even though it was only George who had the ball in his hands. Why do we find it difficult to understand that every action that every individual human being engages in is done on behalf of the entire human race, including those who disagree with him/her?