false uniqueness

You think you are more unique than you actually are.

A 1981 study found that most drivers rate themselves as safer and more skilled than the average driver.

The research by Ola Svenson, published in Acta Psychologica, appeared in 1981.

Your sense of being special is a statistical impossibility.

Where this comes from

Study: Svenson, 1980, Acta Psychologica
What the check found: The study by Ola Svenson was published in 1981, not 1980. The findings are accurate, but the date is incorrect.
Confidence: Well replicated

One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.