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I forget the scientific term for this — but 95% of people think they are above average at doing X skill.
by mizzao 1y ago
I forget the scientific term for this — but 95% of people think they are above average at doing X skill.
- toomuchtodo 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect
- LoganDark 1y agoIsn't this sort of just the Dunning-Kruger effect?
- Jensson 1y agoNo, Dunning Kruger is that skilled people are better at judging where they are on the skill spectrum.
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 1y agoThis also explains why the best engineers are also the best at admitting what they don't know. Which is something we have worked into our interviews - amazing how easy it is to spot a poor engineer by asking what their latest failure was.
- mizzao 1y agoI think that's the opposite of Dunning-Kruger — impostor syndrome, or maybe "curse of knowledge". When skilled people either underestimate how hard it is to do something, or gauge a complex task that they have expertise in as easier than it actually is.
- hwbehrens 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority [Edit: Interesting that there are multiple effects, e.g. the sibling comment, that refer to similar but distinct phenomena!]
- labster 1y agoThat’s weird, because just think about how unskilled the average person is — and then realize that half of ‘em are even worse.