Before revision: Rogers, Moore, and Norton (2017) find that belief in a favorable future is greater in magnitude than the false-consensus effect for two reasons: It is based in future others whose beliefs are not directly observable, and It is focused on future beliefs, which gives these future others time to “discover” the truth and change their beliefs.
After revision: Rogers, Moore, and Norton (2017) find that belief in a favorable future is greater in magnitude than the false-consensus effect for two reasons: It is based in future others whose beliefs are not directly observable, and It is focused on future beliefs, which gives these future others time to "discover" the truth and change their beliefs.