192 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (rebroadcast)
You Are Not So Smart
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The dunning cruger effect is the fact that all human beings are unaware of how unskilled and unaware they are. The evidence suggests that we all have this complicated relationship with our own ignorance. We live in a world that gives us misinformation or doesn't give us crucial information. Knowing thyself is an intrinsically difficult task. What we're bad at often gives us misleading information. And often we're guilty of misleading ourselves. That's what it comes down to. If you've ever been confronted with the fact that you were in over your head, or you had no idea what you were doing, then you may have experienced this effect. It is very easy to be both unskill and unaware
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