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Why Optimism bias still gets people talking.

Optimism bias is the tendency of an individual to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate that of negative events.

Jul 21, 2026
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Optimism bias is the tendency of an individual to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate that of negative events.

Optimism bias is the tendency of an individual to overestimate the likelihood of positive events and underestimate that of negative events.

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimism_bias
  2. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7098963
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