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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013

    Men don’t really recognize the odds + are overconfident. They mostly think about what they’ll win. Challenged to compete, they can’t resist.

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      2. Kelly McGonigal‏ @kellymcgonigal 17 Feb 2013
        Replying to @avantgame

        @avantgame This describes psych finding related to "alternative mate pursuit" too -- male overconfidence screws up many relationships.

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      3. Sebastian Deterding‏ @dingstweets 17 Feb 2013
        Replying to @kellymcgonigal

        @kellymcgonigal @avantgame Robust, well-known differences for a long time :) http://rady.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/gender-differences-preference.pdf …

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      4. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013
        Replying to @dingstweets

        @dingstweets @kellymcgonigal yep, this new book I was linking to is a meta-analysis of a decade's + research!

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      2. Tom Coates‏Verified account @tomcoates 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame I get a bit uncomfortable knowing all my dorky shy male friends seeing them be characterized as competitive and over confident

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013
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        @tomcoates never mind I want to do yoga now instead of getting into a Twitter discussion and yours are legendary :)

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      2. Tom Coates‏Verified account @tomcoates 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Feels like it would be better to characterize "confident" and "cautious" mindsets and talk about how fewer women are the former

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013
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        @tomcoates no way! it's overconfidence vs. better assessment of returns for effort

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      2. Tom Coates‏Verified account @tomcoates 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame I think we should find a different phrase for this. I'm definitely not one of the me this is true about for example.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 17 Feb 2013
        Replying to @tomcoates

        @tomcoates I think we should read the research first, I'm gathering a lot of the original sources from the book up

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      1. Lars Olufsen‏ @olufsphere 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame That is absolutely true. The longer the odds, the more enticing the opportunity. There is no 'risk'. We _will_ win!!

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      1. Bill Poitras‏ @wjpoitras 20 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame A combination of safe and efficient and far ranging risky behavior with big payoffs. Making humans very competitive as a species

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      1. Bill Poitras‏ @wjpoitras 20 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame follow up comments on salon about a root experiment in Africa shows that together men and women can give the best outcome.

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      1. Patrick Geuder‏ @pgeuder 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Isn't ignorance of the impossible that seeds innovation and giant leaps?

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      1. Matt Fox‏ @Matthew03 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame and yet men practically run Wall Street.

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      1. Andrew Wilson‏ @AndrewPWilson 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Oh, yeah. I'll show you how overconfident I am ;)

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      1. MSTR Control Brogram‏ @pragmanic 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame That's a pretty broad statement. I'm a cautious guy, the idea of "winner takes all" appeals to me MUCH less than "all can win."

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      1. Bill Thompson‏Verified account @billt 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame perhaps men also think that the loss matters less as it can be recouped elsewhere, as life gives us constant chances to succeed

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      1. Jason Pitre‏ @Genesisoflegend 17 Feb 2013
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        @avantgame Fascinating and reasonable divergence under game theory I think.

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