Yeah this bias is pretty prevalent everywhere sadly - it’s just extreme in the US. In Northern Europe and Japan(?) if you talk out of your ass overconfidently

Yeah this bias is pretty prevalent everywhere sadly - it’s just extreme in the US. In Northern Europe and Japan(?) if you talk out of your ass overconfidently people will largely ignore you, similar to how you’d ignore someone making a TikTok prank video on the street. Funecdote: I had a meeting once in Swedish company and the most quiet dude (from the northern part) didn’t say a peep for a good 40 min, and was asked near the end of the meeting “what do you think?”. He paused for a good 10 seconds and said a few wise words like a goddamn wizard. Unfortunately it was too long ago to remember what we talked about, but I strongly remember everyone took that very seriously - he clearly had distilled his thoughts.