overconfidence
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Overconfidence turned to hubris by the time Harry Truman signed the Housing Act of 1949.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Overconfidence serves as a gateway to a powerful set of cognitive biases that thwart this idealized judicial vision.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
This essay was adapted from his book “Supreme Hubris: How Overconfidence is Destroying the Court — and How We Can Fix It.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2023
Overconfidence can originate from a bad source of information, like a misinformed social media influencer.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2023
Overconfidence in war as elsewhere usually proves disastrous.
From See America First by Hiestand, Orville O.
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