June 2010
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Errol Morris on the Dunning-Kruger Effect
“As Dunning read through the article, a thought washed over him, an epiphany. If Wheeler was too stupid to be a bank robber, perhaps he was also too stupid to know that he was too stupid to be a bank robber — that is, his stupidity protected him from an awareness of his own stupidity.
DAVID DUNNING: When you’re incompetent, the skills you need to produce a right answer are exactly the...