Tag Archives: overconfidence

I can see through you (or can I?)

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

Career coaches (actually, no, everyone) says that you need to act confident to get to what you want. Think positively. Tell yourself you’re great. Believe in yourself. Being confident signals to others that you are high ability. But what about … Continue reading →

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Bigoted? No, just overconfident and bad at statistics

Posted on January 15, 2012 by

There are different shades of discrimination. There is active dislike of a particular group of people, and then there is the tendency to make generalisations about individuals based on the (perceived) characteristics of the group you associate them with e.g. of … Continue reading →

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The overconfidence of Machiavelli and Blair

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

In the 16th century, Niccolo Machiavelli wrote a book for a prince on how to use cunning to obtain and hold on to power. In sharp contrast to most books written at the time on princely governance, morality took second … Continue reading →

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