Optimism Bias
Idea to Value
JULY 14, 2023
One of the most cited-assessments of the bias from 2011 gives the following examples: When it comes to predicting what will happen to us tomorrow, next week, or fifty years from now, we overestimate the likelihood of positive events, and underestimate the likelihood of negative events. This is a cognitive bias known as the optimism bias.
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