1ļøā£ In 1995, McArthur Wheeler rubbed lemon juice on his face, thinking it would make him invisible to security cameras (since lemon juice can be used as invisible ink). He then robbed a bankāfully visible. His confidence was so delusional that he couldnāt comprehend how cameras caught him.
š¹ This is Dunning-Kruger effect in action: people with low competence often overestimate their abilities because they donāt know what they donāt know.
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