Tag: Confidence

Dunning-Kruger with Modified Slope of Enlightenment

The Problem With Extremely Confident People

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I believe an expert is a person who has been wrong so many times that it permanently limits how confident they will ever get in their abilities. The master of a craft is more accepting of the fact that they could learn something new to further their knowledge. […]

Dunning-Kruger Effect

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias (See Controlling Your Personal Bias) where you are essentially blinded by your own perception of your abilities. In summary, the Dunning-Kruger effect simply means that you don’t know what you don’t know, so you may believe that you know more than you […]