Psychology: The Dunning-Kruger effect (1999): people who are bad at…

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Did you know? The Dunning-Kruger effect (1999): people who are bad at something overestimate themselves — they don't know WHAT they don't know. People who are truly good at something often underestimate themselves — they see how much there's still to learn. The famous "Mount Stupid → Valley of Despair → Slope of Enlightenment" diagram is a simplification of the real effect.

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The Dunning-Kruger effect (1999): people who are bad at something overestimate themselves — they don't know WHAT they don't know. People who are truly good at something often underestimate themselves — they see how much there's still to learn. The famous "Mount Stupid → Valley of Despair → Slope of Enlightenment" diagram is a simplification of the real effect.

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