There's a bunch of research on how optimism bias (which I imagine is very closely linked to overconfidence) can be evolutionarily driven, e.g. https://www.scien

There's a bunch of research on how optimism bias (which I imagine is very closely linked to overconfidence) can be evolutionarily driven, e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221...