TechSilicon Canalsabout 2 hours ago
Dunning-Kruger effect misread by pop psychology
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The original 1999 Kruger and Dunning study found bottom-quartile performers averaged the 12th percentile in actual performance but estimated themselves around the 62nd percentile. The paper did not conclude confident people are stupid, and follow-up research shows task difficulty and statistical noise shape the pattern.
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