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Despite its vast intelligence-collection ability, the United States has done a poor job of understanding Russian power, evident in its gross overestimation of Russian military capabilities before February 24, 2022.
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Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
The overestimation of Moscow’s military goes back at least to the mid-twentieth century.
—Zoltan Barany, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2023
Paramedics arrived about 15 minutes later and injected the 23-year-old with what was later discovered to be a lethal dose of ketamine based on an overestimation of McClain’s weight.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
This can have various negative consequences: Distorted Perceptions: Anchoring can distort our perception of value, leading to overestimations or underestimations.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
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Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
The overestimation of Moscow’s military goes back at least to the mid-twentieth century.
—Zoltan Barany, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2023
Paramedics arrived about 15 minutes later and injected the 23-year-old with what was later discovered to be a lethal dose of ketamine based on an overestimation of McClain’s weight.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
This can have various negative consequences: Distorted Perceptions: Anchoring can distort our perception of value, leading to overestimations or underestimations.
—Bryce Hoffman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
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“Overestimation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overestimation. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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