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Episode 161: Reach-Around Knowledge and Bottom Performers (The Dunning-Kruger Effect)

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I Don't Know, I Dont Know. I Have No Idea.

People who have just taken a driving class are more likely to get into accidents, because now they feel like they have certain skills. A Swedish researcher says the most enlightened approach may be to avoid teaching such skills at all. Instead of training drivers how to negotiate icy conditions, perhaps classes should scare inexperienced students away from driving in winter conditions and leave it at that.

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