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How Overconfidence and Paranoia Become Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
From Shakespeare to The Secret, the idea that our thoughts and perceptions shape our reality is recognized as a powerful truth. As the Bard wrote, “[T]here is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” While charlatans have long used this belief to promote bogus cancer cures and get-rich-quick schemes, psychologists are now […]
