The Dunning-Kruger Effect
It’s a type of cognitive bias whereby people who are incompetent at something are unable to recognize their own incompetence in it.
This is why a person, despite his lack of knowledge or experience in a specific domain, can still think he’s amazing at it.
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Causes Of Dunning-Kruger Effect
Incompetence robs the mental ability to realize just how inept they are.
Incompetent people tend to:
- Overconfident their own skill levels
Dunning-Kruger Effect
- The Dunning-Kruger effect is a type of cognitive bias in which people believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. Essentially, low ability people do not possess the skills needed to recognize their own
The Dunning-Kruger effect
It's a type of cognitive bias in which people believe that they are smarter and more capable than they really are. Inexperience masquerades as expertise. And we tend to see it in other people, but we don’t see it in ourselves.
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