Trending today: a YouGov survey finds that people are way more confident than they should be in their ability to handle tough situations. Can you pass a citizenship test? Successfully perform the Heimlich maneuver? Do a complete stranger’s job for the day? Survive a week alone in the wilderness? Deliver a baby? (Most shocking: 18 percent of respondents think they’d be able to successfully land a plane with zero help from air traffic control. Like, have you seen all the random buttons they have in those cockpits?)
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