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> I haven't looked at the original paper, but according to Wikipedia [2], the only claim being made appears to be the "uncorrelated" claim.

Is it that hard to actually check the original paper before bothering to make such a claim? The original paper explicitly claims to examine "why people tend to hold overly optimistic and miscalibrated views about themselves".




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