found science overconfidence peaks at intermediate levels of knowledge. Those with intermediate knowledge also hold the most negative attitudes toward scientists. In doing so, they provide a novel measure of overconfidence that measures the tendency to give incorrect answers as opposed to answering, ‘I don’t know’.

中文翻译：

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中级科学知识预测过度自信


发现科学过度自信在中等知识水平时达到顶峰。那些拥有中等知识的人对科学家也持最消极的态度。在此过程中，他们提供了一种新颖的过度自信衡量标准，衡量给出错误答案的倾向，而不是回答“我不知道”。