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It can also create a false sense of understanding...“A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.”
by andrewfelix 15y ago
It can also create a false sense of understanding...“A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing.”
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- danso 15y agoI think this is less of a danger for good developers and engineers, whose skills are constantly tested by objective measures,and thus, get a lot of immediate feedback as to whether their skills pass muster. I think designers, on the other hand, are more likely to overestimate their ability when first learning how to integrate code
- andrewfelix 15y agoAnyone care to explain their downvote?
- starwed 15y agoI left your comment unmolested, but I'd guess because of the aphorism? There's something fundamentally lazy about appealing to them... :P I didn't bother to cite it before, but there's a pretty well known study in this area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect