Ever run into one of those people who act like they know everything? The type of people that think only their opinion is worth gold when it’s a steaming pile of monkey flung feces? Those people are actually exhibiting the signs of the Dunning-Kruger effect. An effect that almost literally means that the person (or persons) affected are too stupid to realize that what they are saying is extremely dumb. Not to mention this lack of understanding makes them in a somewhat deluded state where there confidence in their crap idea is extremely out-of-proportion and they seem to think the concept is an astounding revelation that must be an offer strait from the ethereal stream of ultimate knowledge.
i.e. (wikipedia): The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias [misinterpretation] in which unskilled individuals [idiots] suffer from illusory [imaginary] superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average [giving them bloated egos]. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive [that part of your brain that isn’t really you, but helps you decide things] inability of the unskilled [nice word for idiot again] to recognize their mistakes.
Actual competence [knowing what the hell they are talking about] may weaken self-confidence [if they actually knew more about the subject they might realize how stupid what they were saying was], as competent individuals [smart people] may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding [smart people assume other people are not complete morons, until they have proof otherwise]. As Kruger and Dunning conclude, “the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others”
Now on that last note, direct from the effects namesake’s, you might find yourself drawn into the delusion yourself! So that’s sort of like saying a smart guy might as well be a moron if he listens to idiots all day that confidently tell them how things should be done.
i.e. (wikipedia): The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias [misinterpretation] in which unskilled individuals [idiots] suffer from illusory [imaginary] superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average [giving them bloated egos]. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive [that part of your brain that isn’t really you, but helps you decide things] inability of the unskilled [nice word for idiot again] to recognize their mistakes.
Actual competence [knowing what the hell they are talking about] may weaken self-confidence [if they actually knew more about the subject they might realize how stupid what they were saying was], as competent individuals [smart people] may falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding [smart people assume other people are not complete morons, until they have proof otherwise]. As Kruger and Dunning conclude, “the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others”
Now on that last note, direct from the effects namesake’s, you might find yourself drawn into the delusion yourself! So that’s sort of like saying a smart guy might as well be a moron if he listens to idiots all day that confidently tell them how things should be done.
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