Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning
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Are you as good at things as you think you are?How good are you at managing money?What about reading people's emotions?How healthy are you compared to other people you know?Are you better than average at grammar?Knowing how competent we areand how are skill stack up against other people'sis more than a self-esteem boost.It helps us figure out when we can forge ahead on our own decisions and instinctsand when we need, instead, to seek out advice.But psychological research suggests that we're not very goodat evaluating ourselves accurately.In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities.Researchers have a name for this phenomena,the Dunning-Kruger effect.This effect explains why more than 100 studieshave shown that people display illu...
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Are you as good at things as you think you are?How good are you at managing money?What about reading people's emotions?How healthy are you compared to other people you know?Are you better than average at grammar?Knowing how competent we areand how are skill stack up against other people'sis more than a self-esteem boost.It helps us figure out when we can forge ahead on our own decisions and instinctsand when we need, instead, to seek out advice.But psychological research suggests that we're not very goodat evaluating ourselves accurately.In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities.Researchers have a name for this phenomena,the Dunning-Kruger effect.This effect explains why more than 100 studieshave shown that people display illu...
