Written on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 at 11:15pm by Christopher Smith | 5 Comments

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

After watching this:

All I could think of was this:

The Dunning-Kruger effect is the phenomenon wherein people who have little knowledge (or skill) tend to think they know more (or have more skill) than they do, while others who have much more knowledge tend to think that they know less.

  1. Incompetent individuals tend to overestimate their own level of skill.
  2. Incompetent individuals fail to recognize genuine skill in others.
  3. Incompetent individuals fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy.
  4. If they can be trained to substantially improve their own skill level, these individuals can recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill.

McCain 08!

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5 Comments

  1. patrick says:
    September 25, 2008 at 5:08 am

    chris- it’s like watching a slow train wreck. oh and next time you need something, i’ll look it up “and breeeeennng iiiiiit tooooooo yaaaaaaa”

    AH! YIKES!

    ps-sarah’s cousin paula p says hi

  2. Snarky Snarkmore McS says:
    September 25, 2008 at 7:28 pm

    Nice article in the last Economist on exactly that. Idiocy begets Idiocy.

  3. rastamick61 says:
    September 26, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    Sarah Palin resides at that dangerous intersection of ambition and stupidity. Moose Cross with Care.

  4. The Lake Effect Affect says:
    October 1, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Oh, come on, her Tina Fey looks and beauty pageant charm didn’t have you at “foreign policy?”

  5. Dan Meyer says:
    October 17, 2008 at 8:47 am

    Hey Chris, where is your post about Boston’s miracle win last night over Tampa?

 

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