David Dunning himself explains why incompetent people think they're it

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That was a pretty succinct summary of a very important phenomenon. I wish more folks would understand it. I have to admit the last part, experts not recognizing their abilities as being exceptional, was a new addition for me. Any day you don’t learn something new is wasted!

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Dunning sounds legit, so it’d be really funny if Kruger were just some unqualified doofus who thought he had brilliant psychological insights.

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VIDEO LINK FOR THE BBS

The credits say “Lesson by David Dunning” although the narrator is someone else :confused:

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Smart and talented people wonder if they are competent, while dumb and untalented people know they are.

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Thanks, but I don’t need to watch the video, because I obviously have an above-average understanding of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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