CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoTIL about Dunning Kruger Effect - why people with low competence overestimate and people with high competence underestimate themselves.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1384arrow-down124
arrow-up1360arrow-down1external-linkTIL about Dunning Kruger Effect - why people with low competence overestimate and people with high competence underestimate themselves.en.wikipedia.orgCatDogL0ver@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square66linkfedilink
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·5 months agoOk, but what if I am smart enough to know I’m not?
minus-squareRedGreenBlue@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 months agoAre you smart enough to know you are smarter than you think you are? If so, according to the dk effect, you are smarter than you think you should be, based on what you think you are.
minus-squareT00l_shed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months ago Are you smart enough to know you are smarter than you think you are? Probably not haha
minus-squareCatDogL0ver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoOne can be never too smart not to know their limits.
minus-squareCatDogL0ver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThe point is a smart person knows his or her limits. It is safer to be conservative and underestimate.
Ok, but what if I am smart enough to know I’m not?
Are you smart enough to know you are smarter than you think you are?
If so, according to the dk effect, you are smarter than you think you should be, based on what you think you are.
Exactly!
Probably not haha
One can be never too smart not to know their limits.
The point is a smart person knows his or her limits. It is safer to be conservative and underestimate.