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liveonearth) wrote2016-06-28 01:53 pm
liveonearth) wrote2016-06-28 01:53 pm
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Factoid of the Day: Optimism Bias in 80% of Population
This factoid from the documentary on netflix called (Dis)Honesty. It's about a scientist and his experiments about lying. He (and others) have found that about 80% of Americans at least believe that they are above average, and this is diplomatically called the Optimism Bias. So 80% of us believe that we are smarter than average. Better drivers, lovers, cooks. You get the idea.
If 50% actually are above average, and 30% more think they are when they are not, then we are surrounded by blowhards, egotists, optimists of the ickiest kind. I guess the other 20% knows that they are below average or thinks that they are even if they are above average.
If 50% actually are above average, and 30% more think they are when they are not, then we are surrounded by blowhards, egotists, optimists of the ickiest kind. I guess the other 20% knows that they are below average or thinks that they are even if they are above average.