Egocentric bias
Subject in Social Sciences
Egocentric bias has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including This American Life. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Sarah KoenigAmerican journalist, former This American Life producer and creator of Serial, guest-hosting this rerun
Koenig cited an early-1980s study finding that people judge their own coincidences as far more surprising than identical ones happening to others.
“people find stories that happen to them far more surprising than the same stories happening to other people”
This American Life: 489: No Coincidence, No Story! (Oct 19, 2026) · Listen from 14:39
Podcasts
- This American Life · 1 episode
Episodes
489: No Coincidence, No Story!This American Life · Oct 19, 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Guest host Sarah Koenig presents listener coincidence stories—grandmothers, love, coins in the shower, lost fathers, and a pocketknife—while weighing skepticism against meaning.