The Dunning–Kruger effect

[AZgreentea]

I wanted to share a new phrase I learned today:

The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which an unskilled person makes poor decisions and reaches erroneous conclusions, but their incompetence denies them the metacognitive ability to realize their mistakes. The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority. This leads to the situation in which less competent people rate their own ability higher than more competent people. It also explains why actual competence may weaken self-confidence: because competent individuals falsely assume that others have an equivalent understanding. "Thus, the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."

It explains so much.

[DToNE]

Kinda reminds me of this card.

[SardaSlayer]

Thanks for putting a name to that theory for me. I've know the basics of it for many years but didn't know it's origin or research behind it.

It led me to developing the mantra, "If I think I know what I'm doing then it's best I keep my mouth shut and seek more information."

I really wish people on the forum would follow this mantra more frequently.

[Ashurr]

"tis better to be silent and thought a fool, then to speak and remove all doubt"

I've always thought it best called "Forum-itis"..you know when you see a topic and just HAVE to post irregardless of how much ( or little) you know about the topic.