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yeap, you are 100% correct
Plus, it's not anecdotal AND goes beyond your statement.
Through the years and statistical analysis, it has been proven that picking stock, even by professionals is still mostly luck. I think analysts have ran out of ridiculous examples of animals picking stock randomly and still coming on top in a long enough time period.
So if even the "professionals" are not really doing much, why would any individual nurture the thought that THEY could do better?
https://unwall.app/www.forbes.com/sites/rickferri/2012/12/20/any-monkey-can-beat-the-market/
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2013/01/14/169326326/housecat-beats-investors-in-stock-market-challenge
https://acquirersmultiple.com/2018/04/daniel-kahneman-the-illusion-of-stock-picking-skill/