LaoDan wrote:I see many instances of individuals being overconfident in their knowledge, skills and opinions. Of course, this can vary with different subjects and various groups, but it does seem to be intuitively correct that many people have biases (e.g., ego) that lead them to overestimate themselves. One simple example is that ~88% of Americans think that they are above average drivers (although I do not know if their self-evaluations match the D-K curve profile). Some factors (psychology?, culture?, ego?…) contribute to that misrepresentation.
Btw, there's a type of criminal, especially the narcissistic, sociopath type of criminal, who tend to believe they are a lot smarter than everyone else. They often get caught as they don't understand and underestimate other people's intelligence. Also an interesting phenomena, IMO.
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