Consider the oft-repeated statistic that about 90% of people self-identify as above-average drivers, a clear impossibility. Well-documented factors such as confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and the fundamental attribution error mean we — in the words of the Talmud — don’t see the world the way it is; we see the world as we are. (See Heidi Grant Halvorson’s recent blog post “You Are (Probably) Wrong About You” for more on this challenge at an individual level.)