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We can be blind to the obvious and blind to our blindness - Daniel Kahneman
It means we often fail to see clear, evident truths, and on top of that, we're completely unaware of our own ignorance. It's a two-layer cognitive failure.

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We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are - Daniel Kahneman
Our internal feeling of confidence is a terrible gauge of actual accuracy. In fact, it's often when we're most sure of ourselves that we're most vulnerable to making a big mistake.