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When someone cites the Dunning-Kruger Effect I like to counter with the Dunning-Kruger Effect Effect.[1] This also illustrates my own pet-peeve of starting refe
by dmfdmf 8y ago
When someone cites the Dunning-Kruger Effect I like to counter with the Dunning-Kruger Effect Effect.[1] This also illustrates my own pet-peeve of starting references with index [0].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12918362
- rootusrootus 8y agoAs I recall, either Dunning or Kruger also pointed out a long time ago that the effect they were observing shouldn't be seen so much as an indictment of stupid people, but as a warning to anyone who thought they were smart.
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoDunning and Kruger hadn't experienced the Internet...
- dmfdmf 8y agoThey had to make that comment because that is exactly how it was and is used, e.g. see ConceptJunkie's reply.
- RyJones 8y agoas a reformed C programmer, I get a little kick out of the elevators in Europe starting on floor 0. Starting with index [0] is a little thing. Can we have little things? I'm not trying to antagonize anyone, it isn't a finger in anyone's eye, I'm not trying to make your day worse - it just a little thing that makes my life very slightly nicer for a very short period of time.
- dmfdmf 8y agoNo problem, its not a serious pet-peeve. I even find it a bit amusing.
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- eindiran 8y agoI think the first citation in the comment you link to gets something wrong. It states that there is a correlation "very closed to zero" between actual performance and perceived ability. If you take a look at the paper, it addresses that. The better-than-average heuristic accounts for the compression you see, and once you remove it's effects from the picture, the correlation appears.