‘Doubt is the origin of wisdom.’ –Descartes
One of the better-known psychology factoids is that 80% of people tend to think they are above average (if you don’t know this, you’re clearly in the “below-average” 20%).
A new study explains this tendency by finding evidence for what the researchers call the “better-than-my-average-effect.”
Essentially, we evaluate how we really are by looking at our best performances, but when we evaluate others we tend to focus on their average performance.
