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[Overconfidence, ][1]Overconfidence, may fit the context you describe:

  • the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.

    the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.

     
  • For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.

    For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.

Or excessive [self-confidence][2]self-confidence:

  • The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc.

(from Wikipedia) [1]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect [2]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-confidence

[Overconfidence, ][1] may fit the context you describe:

  • the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.
     
  • For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.

Or excessive [self-confidence][2]:

  • The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc.

(from Wikipedia) [1]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect [2]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-confidence

Overconfidence, may fit the context you describe:

  • the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.

  • For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.

Or excessive self-confidence:

  • The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc.

(from Wikipedia)

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[Overconfidence, ][1] may fit the context you describe:

  • the overconfidence effect is a well-established bias in which a person's subjective confidence in his or her judgments is reliably greater than the objective accuracy of those judgments, especially when confidence is relatively high.
  • For example, in some quizzes, people rate their answers as "99% certain" but are wrong 40% of the time.

Or excessive [self-confidence][2]:

  • The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assurance in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc.

(from Wikipedia) [1]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect [2]: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-confidence