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The art of being wrong at full volume until you're occasionally right.
means Feeling sure of yourself, your abilities, or some outcome — trusting that things will go the way you expect.
from From Latin confidere, "to trust fully" — con- (an intensifier, "thoroughly") welded to fidere, "to trust," the same root that gives us fidelity and fiance. So at its heart the word means "to trust with everything you've got," which explains both the swagger and the occasional spectacular faceplant.
- latin root
- From fidere, to trust, plus con, fully
- dunning-kruger
- Least skilled people often feel the most certain
- posture loop
- Standing tall can actually raise felt confidence
- placebo cousin
- Confidence alone improves performance in tests
- faking it
- Mimicked assurance reliably becomes the genuine article
for instance
elon musk twitter acquisition — musk paid $44 billion in 2022 and declared he would fix it with absolute certainty despite public skepticism