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This is more/less the Dunning-Kruger [1] effect in action. From the student's perspective, all of his knowledge is "obvious common sense that everyone has" (thi
by gburt 11y ago
This is more/less the Dunning-Kruger [1] effect in action. From the student's perspective, all of his knowledge is "obvious common sense that everyone has" (this is his error about others).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
- nerfhammer 11y agoSorry, but over-citation of the Dunning-Kruger effect is a pet peeve of mine. People seem to think that the Dunning-Kruger effect means "smart people think they're dumb and dumb people think they're smart!" but I don't think that's very accurate. What they actually found was that lower-skilled people thought their skill level was somewhat higher, and higher-skilled people thought their skill level was a little lower, but not to the point where their relative perceived skill levels inverted. At no point along the skill curve did people incorrectly perceive themselves to be higher or lower in skill level in comparison others who were actually higher or lower in skill. The perceived skill curve was a little less steep than it should have been, that's all. I think a more appropriate cognitive bias would be the curse of knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_knowledge
- gburt 11y agoI don't disagree with anything you said. I think the curse of knowledge and Dunning-Kruger describe the same effect (one in a semi-quantitative way and one in a philosophical way).
- nerfhammer 11y agoYea I could see that, I guess. Interesting way of thinking about it.