I learned the term in grad school. Wikipedia seems fairly accurate. "Many criticisms of the Dunning–Kruger effect have the metacognitive account as their main

I learned the term in grad school. Wikipedia seems fairly accurate. "Many criticisms of the Dunning–Kruger effect have the metacognitive account as their main focus but agree with the empirical findings themselves." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#Criticism_and_alternatives https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#... Would it even matter? It's regularly used to describe a common phenomenon. You understood what the Parent Comment was describing, as did I. For that reason alone, it's effective communication.