Yeah, those who overrate themselves despite their lack of knowledge, skills and competence are super-annoying.
Dunning–Kruger Effect – Why Once a Fool, Always a Fool
The majority of people believe that they are better-than-average. In psychology, this phenomenon is called the illusory superiority. A specific form of illusory superiority is Dunning–Kruger’s effect which states that people overestimate their abilities based on their real abilities. The rule is that the less competent a person is, the more they overestimate themselves. And, on the other hand, able people have a tendency to underestimate themselves slightly. A considerable part of this phenomenon is also the fact that the less able people do not change their attitudes even after being confronted with the reality.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.University tests have shown that in a room full of 100 people the majority of people score better than or equal to average.
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Polemicist
Level 7
Dec 18, 2023
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the super annoying are also the people who are working to convince themselves, and others, they are not among the overestimators. everyone, i think, is just about as smart and as stupid as everyone else. of course the subject being considered matters and there is the matter of consistency. we have all made mistakes and had our brilliant insights. there are all manner of geniuses and dolts.
hankster
Level 9
Dec 18, 2023
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Real smartness is just hard work, think long, study and collect evidence, be critical, try hard to eliminate prejudice from judgements, do not be quick to decide and look hard for contrary evidence first. Anyone can do it, it is just the willingness to make the effort that so often lacks.
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