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I swear this is HN's favourite bias to bring up on any topic relating to intelligence and aptitude.
by Dewie 12y ago
I swear this is HN's favourite bias to bring up on any topic relating to intelligence and aptitude.
- emotionalcode 12y agoI think the Dunning Kruger effect has been a meme/cultural/conceptual construct long enough (like the measurement of intelligence) that we need to test for a Reverse Dunning Kruger effect, where knowledge of the Dunning Kruger Effect correlates with bias in self evaluation.
- xhedley 12y agoKnowing about the Dunning Kruger effect makes me more inclined to ask other people how good I am at something instead of relying on my own opinion. Which I think would make my evaluation more accurate.
- mgkimsal 12y agoor it might make you more selective about who you ask for feedback?
- ccozan 12y agowould this be a meta-Dunning-Kruger effect? Chosing to ask only people who you know would give you positive feedback?
- atmosx 12y agoDo you really think Michael Jordan needs to ask anyone in order to test his basketball skills? I'm fairly sure he doesn't do that and no matter people (some people) will tell him about this or that players being better, he firmly believe that he could win them in court, in his prime. IMHO Dunning-Kruger effect doesn't work if you reverse the claim.
- Swizec 12y agoPersonally it brings me comfort to remember that maybe just maybe I'm not as stupid and mediocre as I feel most of the time.
- bryanlarsen 12y agoNot inappropriate to bring up when the author of the original article is Dunning, though