April 8th, 2007, 06:26
Many postings confirm the truth of this statement
Repeated experiments show that 70 to 90 per cent of people consider themselves to be above-average drivers, which is obviously impossible. Other experiments show that people tend to overrate themselves in many other areas. That is, we commonly suffer from "self-serving bias" - we have an inflated opinion of our abilities. When things go well we tend to attribute this to our skill; when they go badly we tend to blame it on bad luck.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/loo ... ntentSwap1 (http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/look-before-you-leap-to-a-conclusion/2007/04/06/1175366474544.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1)
Repeated experiments show that 70 to 90 per cent of people consider themselves to be above-average drivers, which is obviously impossible. Other experiments show that people tend to overrate themselves in many other areas. That is, we commonly suffer from "self-serving bias" - we have an inflated opinion of our abilities. When things go well we tend to attribute this to our skill; when they go badly we tend to blame it on bad luck.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/loo ... ntentSwap1 (http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/look-before-you-leap-to-a-conclusion/2007/04/06/1175366474544.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1)