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  • Illusory superiority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    (I know, I know: blogging a study, from Wiki. I'm chillin' here, people...you should too.) From the page: "Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge. The... more

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  • Rated by noctrune on Sep 26, 5:17pm

    Oh god this makes a hell of a sense! I seriously don't know what I was doing before Wikipedia... From the page: "The Dunningâ€"Kruger effect is an example of cognitive bias in which "people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it".[1] They therefore suffer an illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average. This leads to a perverse result where less competent people will rate their own ability higher than relatively more competent people. It also explains why actual competence may weaken self-confidence because competent individuals falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. "Thus, the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."[1]"

  • Rated by 10fps on Aug 07, 8:51am

    Why do these articles get worded like this! All this article really says is stupid people think they're smart and smart people think they're stupid.

  • Rated by PeterCJ on Mar 19 2009, 2:22pm

    Congress!

  • Rated by alienevolved on Feb 17 2009, 5:53am

    honesty is the key to knowledge.to say truthfully "i do not know"then make amends for your ignorance!

  • Rated by kloot1 on Feb 15 2009, 2:13pm

    I thought I was smart, so I guess I'm dumb.

  • Rated by ejf001 on Jan 21 2009, 11:02pm

    when i taught guitar, i just complained about the little kids who couldnt play a single chord but wanted to learn one by metallica. now i can say "it's the dunning-kruger effect!"