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"Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments." http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLan
by jhickner 17y ago
"Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments."
http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121 http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0...
a.k.a. the dunning-kruger effect:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
- anatoly 17y agothis is useful: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/11/all-are-unaware.html http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/11/all-are-unaware.html
- onoj 17y agoAlso agree - but the wake up call for me was that my lack of understanding of a topic biased me towards thinking that the topic was trivial - ie: I was unable to appreciate how ignorant I was. This was a world shaker for me. My own cognitive filters were denying me understanding.
- onoj 17y agoI agree. The impact of this paper on my understanding of my own nature, the nature of those around me and the overall social-political structure of the World is immense.