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Veritasium: What A Simple Question Reveals About The Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias

What A Simple Question Reveals About The Most Dangerous Cognitive Bias

This video dives into overconfidence, exploring why we so often think we know more than we do. Along the way you’ll see the real Dunning-Kruger graph, learn how our brains take mental shortcuts, and even discover how a rogue trader and a centuries-old bank collapse both trace back to unchecked hubris.

But it’s not all doom and gloom—overconfidence can help us push forward, and with the right feedback (plus a clever tabletop game in the works), you can learn to spot and correct your own blind spots.

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