CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agoTIL about Dunning Kruger Effect - why people with low competence overestimate and people with high competence underestimate themselves.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down123
arrow-up1352arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Dunning Kruger Effect - why people with low competence overestimate and people with high competence underestimate themselves.en.wikipedia.orgCatDogL0ver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareAatube@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoLike I said after my semicolon (;), that it’s a statistical truism doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect#Statistical_and_better-than-average_effect One can prove that this effect will always exist for statistical reasons? That’s good to know, that not-so-competent people are more prone to overestimating.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoI’m not making an argument, just saying this is likely the thing they’re thinking of.
Like I said after my semicolon (
;), that it’s a statistical truism doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect#Statistical_and_better-than-average_effect One can prove that this effect will always exist for statistical reasons? That’s good to know, that not-so-competent people are more prone to overestimating.I’m not making an argument, just saying this is likely the thing they’re thinking of.