Psychology

Confidence and delusion can look the same from the outside. The difference is how each one handles evidence.

Romanticising your life can make Tuesdays better. Treating everyone else as extras is another story. What the trend gets right and wrong.

It is not “stupid people think they are smart”. The real finding is about calibration, and it applies to all of us.

Most people believe they are less likely than average to get divorced, sick or laid off. That cannot be true for everyone. Meet optimism bias.

The internet says believing big gets you there. Psychology says a little self-flattery helps, and a lot of it costs you. Here is where the line sits.