Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The overconfidence effect is a bias in which people are correct in their judgements far less often than they think they are. For example, for certain types of question, answers that people rate as "9...
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Well, let’s first take a look at why we get overconfident. Generally, if something requires the full extent of our abilities, we find it challenging and need to use all our resources to overcome the problem. That’s a really hard thing to do...
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Confidence is generally described as a state of being certain either that a hypothesis or prediction is correct or that a chosen course of action is the best or most effective. Self-confidence is h...
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Confidence becomes a real problem when it becomes overconfidence. Unfortunately, almost everyone overestimates their capabilities, in particular those with the self confidence to be in the market in the first place.
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We tend to have too much confidence in the accuracy of our own judgements. ... Explanations > Theories > Overconfidence Barrier ... Overconfidence is greatest when accuracy is near chance levels, and reduces as accuracy increases from 50% to 80%. Once accuracy exceeds 80%, people become under-confident.
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Conservatives are feeling their oats right now. Yet we should beware. Overconfidence is a real danger to the cause. It's a danger that is threatening to break out throughout the conservative movement.
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"It supplies critically needed experimental support for the idea that positive attitude - which is generally a [beneficial] feature of human behaviour - may lead to overconfidence and [damaging] behaviour in the case of war," comments Peter Turchin of the University of Connecticut, US.
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