People are much better at not committing the planning fallacy (in the underestimating direction, at least) when estimating other people’s timelines for a given task, so I’d say absolutely it’s a social thing. There’s immense social pressure to give a rosy view of yourself; you wouldn’t want to disappoint, would you?
People are much better at not committing the planning fallacy (in the underestimating direction, at least) when estimating other people’s timelines for a given task, so I’d say absolutely it’s a social thing. There’s immense social pressure to give a rosy view of yourself; you wouldn’t want to disappoint, would you?