People with the least political knowledge tend to be the most overconfident in their grasp of facts. This tendency to be overconfident appears most common among individuals who actually know the least about politics and those who lean conservative.
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People with the least political knowledge tend to be the most overconfident in their grasp of facts
People often misjudge their understanding of verifiable political facts. A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied provides evidence that individuals with the least actual knowledge tend to display the highest levels of overconfidence.
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Overconfidence is the peacocks tail for humans - Signalling high ability
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University of Bath
Why evolution made us overconfident — the ‘peacock’s tail’ of human behaviour
The costs of overconfidence help signal who can afford to sustain it, new research finds.
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