"It's, like, the most cringeworthy memory i have was after taking economics," he says. "I was a frickan freshman, and i was lecturing people about, like, economics is the man." He adds that there's some sort of sweet spot of a little bit of knowledge where you start to vastly overestimate your abilities.
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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