The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon wherein people who have little knowledge (or skill) tend to think that they know more (or have more skill) than they do, while others who have much more knowledge tend to think that they know less. Dunning and Kruger were awarded a 2000 Ig Nobel prize for their work. […]
I’ve oftened wondered if there was a name for this observation.
I know lots of people in the latter category.
Regrettably I know a considerably greater number in the former.
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