And it's been disproven
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I don't think it actually has.
I did a little digging on this, and there was one study that just threw some random numbers together and claimed it disproved it, but it doesn't seem to be widely regarded as a silver bullet to the DKE.
It's been demonstrated that it's mostly an illusion, and yet it's hard to escape the observation that many people who haven't studied it in detail understand the concept much less well than they think they do.
Came here to say this.
It is psychologically satisfying to believe DK, but ultimately just because you like the sound of it, doesn't make it true.
Ive always joked that the biggest case of DK is people believing they understand and can identify cases of DK despite having no psychology education. This makes for a fun paradox.
This is about as stupid as claiming you'd need to be educated in psychology to identify a Freudian slip
Identifying a psychological issue involving a disconnect between education and confidence is hardly on the same level as a freudian slip.
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Lol flat earthers
People with low competence fail to understand their limits, and people who are competent can identify theirs.
Nevertheless, low performers' self-assessment is lower than that of high performers.
Welcome to the internet
Ok, but what if I am smart enough to know I'm not?
Are you smart enough to know you are smarter than you think you are?
If so, according to the dk effect, you are smarter than you think you should be, based on what you think you are.
Exactly!
Are you smart enough to know you are smarter than you think you are?
Probably not haha
One can be never too smart not to know their limits.
The point is a smart person knows his or her limits. It is safer to be conservative and underestimate.
This shit has made me question myself so many times. Its usually brought up by the smartest asshole in the room when they propose something super risky or some super hard to fetch idea. When confronted they gotta bring up their dunning Kruger effect.
Well I hereby propose that no matter what any one of us do we are still just a tiny pale blue dot. Just let people be. You know? Who cares if some stupid guy thinks he's the shit. Eventually they learn.
You move like Dunning-Kruger, truth is overdone
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