Overestimate
verb
To think that something is greater, more important, or more capable than it really is.
It's easy to overestimate the effect of this single event on the outcome of the game.
Often appears as...
- greatly overestimate
- often overestimate
verb
To think that something is greater, more important, or more capable than it really is.
It's easy to overestimate the effect of this single event on the outcome of the game.
Often appears as...
- greatly overestimate
- often overestimate
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when an overestimation leads to bad results or disappointments.
They overestimated their team's chances and ended up losing their money.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Mistake
Often used in contexts where people predict or judge incorrectly, especially in skills or results.
He overestimated his knowledge of the subject and failed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Emphasizes a personal belief or opinion, not an objective fact.
Fans tend to overestimate the importance of their favorite player.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when an overestimation leads to bad results or disappointments.
They overestimated their team's chances and ended up losing their money.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Mistake
Often used in contexts where people predict or judge incorrectly, especially in skills or results.
He overestimated his knowledge of the subject and failed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Emphasizes a personal belief or opinion, not an objective fact.
Fans tend to overestimate the importance of their favorite player.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Used when an overestimation leads to bad results or disappointments.
They overestimated their team's chances and ended up losing their money.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Mistake
Often used in contexts where people predict or judge incorrectly, especially in skills or results.
He overestimated his knowledge of the subject and failed the exam.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjectivity
Emphasizes a personal belief or opinion, not an objective fact.
Fans tend to overestimate the importance of their favorite player.
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Climate Change Is...
One of the things that often -- when there are these modeling studies that look at what we need to do, is they tend to hugely overestimate how quickly other countries in the world can start to reduce emissions. So they make kind of heroic assumptions about that. The more we do that, because it's the cumulative emissions,
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A memory scientist's...
that might lend more credibility to your case. These are all details that are incredibly easy to record contemporaneously but are also incredibly easy to forget later on. Humans, according to research, often overestimate their ability to remember important emotional details later on.
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The Next Generation's...
um we estimated no more than five years like i don't think five years is an overestimate rachel grew up in nigeria her first jobs were in forest conservation but when she found out about the small pockets of chimpanzees in danger of extinction she felt like she had to help them i
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Rethink how you think...
addictions and overestimate their ability to quit or underestimate the potential harmful effects that these addictions might have on them even when they're aware of them they think it will happen to other people not to themselves and finally overconfidence also fosters
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Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
And I wonder if that's how people in the malarious world thought of those nets when they first received them? Indeed, we know from studies that only 20 percent of the bed nets that were first distributed were actually used. And even that's probably an overestimate,
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Anil Seth: How your...
Like many thought experiments, it pushes things a little bit too far. I think the reality is that we see things like colors, maybe we see them similar, but not exactly the same, and we probably overestimate the degree of similarity between our perceptual worlds,
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The optimism bias - Tali...
we underestimate a likelihood of suffering from cancer being a car accident we overestimate our longevity our career prospects in short we're more optimistic than realistic but we are oblivious to the fact take marriage for example in the Western world divorce
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The psychology of your...
but we overpay for the opportunity to indulge our current preferences because we overestimate their stability. Why does this happen? We're not entirely sure, but it probably has to do with the ease of remembering versus the difficulty of imagining.
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Rodney Brooks: Why we...
said that, "We overestimate technology in the short term, and we underestimate it in the long term." And I think that's some of the fear that we see about jobs disappearing from artificial intelligence and robots.
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Why it pays to work hard...
not one of them said it came easy, even though they were doing what they loved. We tend to underestimate work and overestimate talent. But in the end, work tops talent. Arthur Benjamin, America's best math whiz,
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Climate Change Is...
One of the things that often -- when there are these modeling studies that look at what we need to do, is they tend to hugely overestimate how quickly other countries in the world can start to reduce emissions. So they make kind of heroic assumptions about that. The more we do that, because it's the cumulative emissions,
Video examples
A memory scientist's...
that might lend more credibility to your case. These are all details that are incredibly easy to record contemporaneously but are also incredibly easy to forget later on. Humans, according to research, often overestimate their ability to remember important emotional details later on.
Video examples
The Next Generation's...
um we estimated no more than five years like i don't think five years is an overestimate rachel grew up in nigeria her first jobs were in forest conservation but when she found out about the small pockets of chimpanzees in danger of extinction she felt like she had to help them i
Video examples
Rethink how you think...
addictions and overestimate their ability to quit or underestimate the potential harmful effects that these addictions might have on them even when they're aware of them they think it will happen to other people not to themselves and finally overconfidence also fosters
Video examples
Sonia Shah: 3 reasons we...
And I wonder if that's how people in the malarious world thought of those nets when they first received them? Indeed, we know from studies that only 20 percent of the bed nets that were first distributed were actually used. And even that's probably an overestimate,
Video examples
Anil Seth: How your...
Like many thought experiments, it pushes things a little bit too far. I think the reality is that we see things like colors, maybe we see them similar, but not exactly the same, and we probably overestimate the degree of similarity between our perceptual worlds,
Video examples
The optimism bias - Tali...
we underestimate a likelihood of suffering from cancer being a car accident we overestimate our longevity our career prospects in short we're more optimistic than realistic but we are oblivious to the fact take marriage for example in the Western world divorce
Video examples
The psychology of your...
but we overpay for the opportunity to indulge our current preferences because we overestimate their stability. Why does this happen? We're not entirely sure, but it probably has to do with the ease of remembering versus the difficulty of imagining.
Video examples
Rodney Brooks: Why we...
said that, "We overestimate technology in the short term, and we underestimate it in the long term." And I think that's some of the fear that we see about jobs disappearing from artificial intelligence and robots.
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Why it pays to work hard...
not one of them said it came easy, even though they were doing what they loved. We tend to underestimate work and overestimate talent. But in the end, work tops talent. Arthur Benjamin, America's best math whiz,
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
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Amy Morin
American Author
Just like it's not healthy to think overly negative thoughts, exaggeratedly positive thoughts can be equally detrimental. If you overestimate how much of a positive impact a particular change will have on your life, you may end up feeling disappointed when reality doesn't live up to your fantasy.
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Ryan Holiday
American Author
Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbles or difficulties of life but catastrophic, painful failures.
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Garry Kasparov
Celebrity
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
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Helen Garner
Australian Novelist
I tell you one thing that makes me feel I haven't wasted my life, and that is I've got some grandchildren. You can't overestimate the kind of opening to the future that gives a person, I think.
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Kyle Hill
American Author
When we overestimate the benefits of exercise, underestimate how many calories we eat, and overcompensate for a job well done, exercise is really a false protection from fattening food.
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Tony Robbins
American Speaker
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Theologian
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Michael J. Fox
Canadian Actor
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
Quote examples
Amy Morin
American Author
Just like it's not healthy to think overly negative thoughts, exaggeratedly positive thoughts can be equally detrimental. If you overestimate how much of a positive impact a particular change will have on your life, you may end up feeling disappointed when reality doesn't live up to your fantasy.
Quote examples
Ryan Holiday
American Author
Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbles or difficulties of life but catastrophic, painful failures.
Quote examples
Garry Kasparov
Celebrity
I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Quote examples
Helen Garner
Australian Novelist
I tell you one thing that makes me feel I haven't wasted my life, and that is I've got some grandchildren. You can't overestimate the kind of opening to the future that gives a person, I think.
Quote examples
Kyle Hill
American Author
When we overestimate the benefits of exercise, underestimate how many calories we eat, and overcompensate for a job well done, exercise is really a false protection from fattening food.
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Tony Robbins
American Speaker
Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Theologian
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
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