The Dunning-Kruger effect

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  • May 9, 2010 at 8:39 pm #92262
    Buddy_Busen
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    The dumb get confident, while the intelligent get doubtful. That’s the conclusion that David Dunning and Justin Kruger came to when studying people’s perceptions of their own talents. What has now become …
    Listen to it here: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2893602.htm

    May 9, 2010 at 10:49 pm #92263
    Trash Boat
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    From wiki:“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”

    — Bertrand Russell

    The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. ”

    — William Butler Yeats

    The first was also in that audio.

    I guess this is too a familiar effect for everyone out there. Nothing is more irritating than a really stubborn moron.

    May 10, 2010 at 1:09 am #92265
    TheGov
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    You know, you might be right but I’m not really sure.

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