(Source: Pixabay.com) Belief-superior people were significantly more likely than their modest peers to choose information that supported their beliefs. (Source: Pixabay.com)Confirming what many people have been suspecting all along, a new study says that smug know-it-all people are especially prone to overestimating what they actually know. Across six studies and several political topics, people who were high in belief superiority thought that they knew a great deal about these topics. However, when comparing this perceived knowledge to how much people actually knew, the researchers found that belief-superior people were consistently overestimating their own knowledge. Half of the articles supported the participants’ own point of view, whereas the other half challenged their position.

Source: Indian Express April 13, 2018 12:07 UTC