I think it's likely an application of Dunning-Kruger. "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which ... the highly skilled underrate their own abilit

I think it's likely an application of Dunning-Kruger. "The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which ... the highly skilled underrate their own abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect