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> "below average people think they're above average, and above average people assume they're below average" There’s no way to know if you’re wrong, but when I
by ShamelessC 3y ago
> "below average people think they're above average, and above average people assume they're below average"
There’s no way to know if you’re wrong, but when I see it used it seems to be pointing out - “some (not all) under qualified people tend to defer to their own beliefs rather than the views/statements from experts, even when that is demonstrably silly.”
^ Referring to the pop-sci interpretation, not in disagreement with the general point.
- staunton 3y agoWhich also has nothing at all to do with this study by Dunning and Kruger. So you agree with the general point of parent.
- ShamelessC 3y agoYes. Just clarifying a small disagreement about the pop-sci interpretation of the phrase.