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The supposed smoking gun in the article is that if we plot random values for perceived and actual ability we get a chart that looks a lot like the chart in the
by kkwteh 6y ago
The supposed smoking gun in the article is that if we plot random values for perceived and actual ability we get a chart that looks a lot like the chart in the original study.
I don't see how you make the leap from there to saying that the Dunning-Kruger effect is probably not real. The headline is totally overblown if you ask me.
- jonnycomputer 6y agoI guess they could just be more epistemically modest and say that the data doesn't support the existence of the Dunning-Kruger effect, but doesn't make it not real.
- jonnycomputer 6y agoMy goodness, two downvotes for distinguishing between a failure to show something exists and proof that it doesn't exist.
- scotty79 6y agoIf you claim that you have meaningful pattern in the data, but someone replicates your pattern with meaningless data then it's perfectly valid to argue that your pattern doesn't come from the data but rather from how you chose to process the data.