It's also worth pointing out that you almost never see people bringing up Dunning-Kruger to say that they might be over estimating their own understanding of a

It's also worth pointing out that you almost never see people bringing up Dunning-Kruger to say that they might be over estimating their own understanding of a topic. It's almost always used as evidence that those that disagree with them are ignorant; that it's a study that only says something about their opponents, not themselves.