Causes of Dunning-Kruger effect
Incompetent people tend to:
- Overestimate their own skill levels
- Fail to recognize the genuine skill and expertise of other people
- Fail to recognize their own mistakes and lack of skill
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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
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- 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
Who Is Affected By The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The reality is that everyone is susceptible to this phenomenon. People who are genuine experts in one area may mistakenly believe that their intelligence and knowledge carry over into other areas in which they are less familiar. A brilliant scientist, for example, might ...
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