Young military personnel aged 18-25 show higher optimism bias and willingness to take risks than older personnel.

Evidence

Measuring Optimism Bias among Military Personnel (ResearchGate)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: American military reports were overly optimistic and non-critical. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 825; Psychological, cultural, and organizational factors drive optimism about emerging military technologies. — On Optimism About New Military Technologies; Youth values the process of life while adults cling to its objective forms — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 854

Related

• Psychological, cultural, and organizational factors drive optimism about emerging military technologies. (similarity 0.81)