Be over-confident: This makes you optimistic and then you make high risk decisions; as Henri Poincare said, "Doubt everything or believe everything - these are two equally convenient strategies, and with either, we dispense ..... the need to think for ourselves." (*) for (*) to (*) with (*) (none)
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://english.best/questions/10181,be-over-confident-this-makes-you-optimistic-and-then-you-make-high-risk-decisions-as-henri-poincare-said-doubt-everything-or-believe-everything-these-are-two-equally-convenient-strategies-and-with-either-we-dispense-___-the-need-to-think-for-ourselves/