Psychology thread 🧵
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Aha. I figured out minimizers:
"The research shows that individuals with high cognitive ability tend to be more realistic and pessimistic in their future expectations, while those with lower cognitive ability lean towards excessive optimism."
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(Well the ones weren't being paid by oil companies, that is.)
https://neurosciencenews.com/optimism-cognition-decision-making-25307/







