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Ep16 "Why is everyone who disagrees with you misinformed?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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Questioning Our Knowledge and the Dunning-Kruger Effect

Models can be limited in their understanding and may not have the full picture/nOne's perceived knowledge can be challenged when asked to explain a topic in depth/nThere are often limitations to our knowledge that may go unnoticed/nQuestioning our own knowledge gaps is important, especially regarding political opinions/nLack of information doesn't necessarily mean low certainty/nOverinflating knowledge is common when someone has studied less about a subject/nThe Dunning-Kruger effect refers to the tendency for individuals to overestimate their performance on a test

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