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>>Confidence is a proxy for competence I take it you've never heard of Dunning-Kruger effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect https://en.w
by enraged_camel 10y ago
>>Confidence is a proxy for competence
I take it you've never heard of Dunning-Kruger effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
Or its opposite, Imposter Syndrome:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
- caylus 10y agoJust because there are exceptions, and we have names for both the positive and negative forms of the exceptions, doesn't mean there's not a strong correlation overall.
- anonymoushn 10y agoIn the Dunning-Kruger paper, estimated ability is positively correlated with ability.