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orangecrush

(29,216 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 10:25 AM 14 hrs ago

We are living in a demonstration of the Dunning - Kruger effect [View all]


"The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with limited knowledge or competence in a domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence. Proposed by psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger in 1999, it occurs because lacking expertise also deprives individuals of the ability to recognize their own incompetence. Conversely, experts may underestimate their abilities."

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