i think part of the sinister aspect of the effect is you think it applies to other people, but not you t where it really applies to all of us. It's knowing a little bit that seems to draw to get the effect going. i remember literally feeling after i took intro psyce, like we man, i just know everything about psychology, like, i don't know where to go from here. Not. I wish i had done a little bit of research inti like the e how much the phrase is used.
The less we know, the more we know it. David and Tamler talk about the notorious Dunning-Kruger effect, which makes us overconfident in beliefs on topics we're ignorant about and under-confident when we're experts. Plus, we break down an evolutionary psychology article on why poor men and hungry men prefer women with big breasts. Trust us, it's a really bad study. We're sure about it.
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