Overconfidence

Overconfidence reinforced anti-scientific views

(ORDO NEWS) — Scientists from the USA have come to the conclusion that overly self-confident people tend to trust anti-scientific views more than less confident people. This time, scientists from the Universities of Portland, Colorado, Brown and Kansas (USA) revealed another “dark” side of self-confidence: they came to the conclusion that such people are more likely to trust anti-scientific views. “Our study suggests that overconfidence interferes with learning. After all,…