This paper presents a reconciliation of the three distinct ways in which the research literature has defined overconfidence: (1) overestimation of one’s actual performance, (2) overplacement of one’s performance relative to others, and (3) excessive precision in one’s beliefs. Experimental evidence shows that reversals of the first two (apparent underconfidence), when they occur, tend to be on ...

Saab Aeronautics has chosen Modelica and Dymola as part of the means for model based system engineering (MBSE). This paper will point out why a considerable effort has been made to migrate models from other simulation tools to Dymola. The paper also shows how the models and tools are used, experiences gained from usage in an industrial context as well as some remaining trouble spots.

Despite twenty years of development in patient rights, end-of-life decisions still trouble law and medicine. It is estimated that more than 14,000 patients live in a permanent unconscious state, often supported by artificial means.1 Given that almost 80% of deaths occur in medical or nursing care institutions, and approximately 70% of these deaths result from an active decision to withdraw or w...

In this essay, the author suggests that mendacious turn in U.S. political discourse reflects a structural perversion. Political perversion refers to kind of both affirms and denies consensus reality at same time, often service causing harm others. To end, he argues figure former President Donald Trump is condensation symbol larger country, which thrives on rumor, spectacle, meanness.