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"""The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled un
by drivebyacct2 16y ago
"""The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their ability as above average, much higher than it actually is, while the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority."""
I think if you "master a language", you don't get lumped in with those who know "a little bit". I think you're just talking about arrogant people in general who think that because they know X, they can berate those who don't know X.
- cherring 16y agoThe fact that "mastered" was in quotes leads me to believe the author may have been implying that they had not really mastered that much at all, but had an inflated opinion of their own ability, which is surely what people citing Dunning-Kruger are assuming as well.