The science behind why you think you're right

There may be a psychological reason why some people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong, according to a study in the journal Plos One.

There may be a psychological reason why some people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong. 

According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Plos One, it comes down to believing you have all the information you need to form an opinion, even when you don’t. 

“Our brains are overconfident that they can arrive at a reasonable conclusion with very little information,” said Angus Fletcher, a professor of English at Ohio State University, who co-wrote the study.

Fletcher, along with two psychology researchers, set out to measure how people make judgments about situations or people based on their confidence in the information they have — even if it’s not the whole story. 

“People leap to judgments very quickly,” he said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/science-think-right-rcna174691

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