The Dunning-Kruger Effect | When Incompetence Breeds Overconfidence
The Dunning-Kruger effect describes a cognitive bias where people with low ability in a domain overestimate their competence, while experts often underestimate theirs. This phenomenon, identified by psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999, reveals how lack of skill impairs self-awareness. Rooted in a real-world blunder, it highlights the dangers of unchecked self-perception in everyday life, work, and society.[…]
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