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PJS
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We tend to overrate ourselves in many ways. The overwhelming majority of high school students rate themselves above average in leadership skills. Over 90 % of college professors rate themselves as doing above average work. The great majority of business people rate themselves above average in ethics compared to their peers. When husbands and wives combine their estimates of their share of the housework the total is around 120-130%...
These positive illusions have both benefits and drawbacks. What's interesting is that even when people are made aware of self-serving biases they (or we  ) continue to maintain the bias. We seem to believe we have great insights and understanding for our own behavior and believe we rank high in numerous ways and yet often judge others more objectively by their behavior.
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The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs.
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chookrooter
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Do you really think the first paragraph is true? |
OF COURSE it's true! It''s a sweeping generalisation with no evidence to back it up.One of those things you have to take on faith;you know, like the belief Obama will make a spiffing Prez. 
I also said nothing about my observation being "invariably", or even"mostly " true". I believe it to be largely true, based on observation from several forums, including this one.
Another observation is that people who feel the need to boast of a virtue or deny a vice are usually lying. |
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