https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/02/optimism-bias-why-the-young-and-the-old-tend-to-look-on-the-bright-side/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 04:21:30 -0400<![CDATA[Even more surprising was the finding that kids and elderly people both showed more of a bias than college students. On one hand, the young and the old were quite good at responding to desirable information: Everyone updated their beliefs similarly when they learned they were less likely to get cancer or have their credit card stolen than they had initially believed. But when they learned their chances were worse than expected, kids, teenagers and older adults seemed to ignore this information more than college students and middle-aged individuals.]]>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 18:40:53 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/02/optimism-bias-why-the-young-and-the-old-tend-to-look-on-the-bright-side-n98778