Results from the 'how hot are you' survey are out! I asked people "rate how attractive you are on a 1-10 scale". Then I took photos of them and asked other people to assign them ratings. Here's how accurate people were. Note the difference between men and women. 1/ https://t.co/0GhfO9gTGM
Lying to oneself may explain why so many people say they are above average. How big is this problem? More than 40 percent of one company’s engineers said they are in the top 5 percent.
Social scientists have long known that we tend to be overconfident when we evaluate ourselves. Here are some highlights of their findings: High school seniors: 70 percent report that they have "above average” leadership skills, compared with 2 percent "below average"; in the ability to get along with others, 25 percent rate themselves in the top 1
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