overconfidence

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• We were struck by the parallels between overconfident polls and overconfidence in human judgment.

• The trouble comes from overconfidence in their effectiveness.

• It seems like overconfidence is one of the big targets of Thinking, Fast and Slow.

• Those fresh-faced, freshly minted millionaires are now paying the price for that overconfidence.

• Anderson pointed out that despite the dangers of overconfidence, it does makes some sense to follow confident people in general.

• These developments certainly point to a rising sense of confidence, perhaps even overconfidence, among the Chinese.

• Cain was the kind who would try such a crazy stunt, alone, with such supreme overconfidence in his own muscle power.

• The fatal overconfidence in the backwoods county was settled upon as the cause of the disaster.

• I am not ashamed to confess that I cried over the loss of this poor little victim of overconfidence in human beings.

• But that gentleman spoiled it all by his own overconfidence.

• Neglect of this or overconfidence has caused many disasters.