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Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than average

  • Written by Eric C. Gaze, Senior Lecturer of Mathematics, Bowdoin College
Debunking the Dunning-Kruger effect – the least skilled people know how much they don't know, but everyone thinks they are better than averageDavid Dunning and Justin Kruger tested psychology students to see whether the least skilled were also the most unaware.Rich Vintage/E+ via Getty Images

John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really,...

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