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The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real (www.mcgill.ca)
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[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 3 hours ago

The Dunning-Kruger effect was never about “dumb people not knowing they are dumb” or about “ignorant people being very arrogant and confident in their lack of knowledge.” - Because the effect can be seen in random, computer-generated data, it may not be a real flaw in our thinking and thus may not really exist

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