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Illusions of Competence

Illusions of Competence

People often have difficulty understanding information after learning it. Professor Barbara Oakley from the University of California, San Diego, suggests that many of these illusions of competence are due to memory illusions. 

  1. Seeing information in front of you such as reading a book doesn't mean you know it. 
  2. Seeing or hearing someone come to a conclusion doesn't mean you know how to get to that conclusion or explain their argument. 
  3. Searching for something on Google gives you the illusion that the information is in your brain. 
  4. Spending lots of time with material doesn't mean you know it.

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