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While I get your point and agree, there apparently is no Dunning-Kruger effect. It was determined to be yet another case of faulty data analysis in behavioral p
by queuebert 3y ago
While I get your point and agree, there apparently is no Dunning-Kruger effect. It was determined to be yet another case of faulty data analysis in behavioral psych.[1]
1. https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/ https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-k...
- lupire 3y agoThat paper was thoroughly rebutted when posted to HN. But Gwern has written about some earlier debunkings of the D-K effect, ad furthermore D-K was never about the popular misconception of D-K ("incompetent people think they are more competent than competent people").
- alecco 3y agoI don't think that's a mainstream take. But I can settle with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect Or even https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandiose_delusions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandiose_delusions
- queuebert 3y agoThat first article cites more behavioral psych research, which has the absolute worst track record of data analysis. After so many retractions and scandals, I find it difficult to know what to believe anymore.