This was part of the Dunning–Kruger effect. Everyone loves to focus on people of lower ability having an inflated view of their competence in a specific area, b

This was part of the Dunning–Kruger effect. Everyone loves to focus on people of lower ability having an inflated view of their competence in a specific area, but the other side of the research was people of above average aptitude collapsing down their expertise to get closer to the mean. Maybe you’re just being too kind.