Dunning-Kruger Effect in Full Effect at Work Today

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Published 08/11/2017 at 13:46

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect

All I can say is I’ve heard of the Dunning-Kruger effect, but I’m not actually smart enough to understand what it’s about.


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Kinja'd!!! "Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/11/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 2

So there’s a name for this? Now I know!

Kinja'd!!! "duurtlang" (duurtlang)
08/11/2017 at 13:55, STARS: 0

How can you say it’s in full effect if you don’t even understand what i.... Oh, I see what you did there.

Kinja'd!!! "MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
08/11/2017 at 13:56, STARS: 7

And easy to understand chart

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Kinja'd!!! "Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
08/11/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0

Oh!, I’ve seen this in a lecture. This is a great graph !

Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
08/11/2017 at 14:18, STARS: 1

My old boss was nicknamed “Walking talking Dunning-Kruger” for how often he’d jump into topics and then sound like a dumbass, piss everyone off, but then demand it be done his way, and we’d all know it would fail.....but do it anyways -_-

I hated that job.

Kinja'd!!! "TorqueToYield" (torquetoyield)
08/11/2017 at 14:30, STARS: 0

I thought this was politics talk for a second...

Kinja'd!!! "rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
08/11/2017 at 14:51, STARS: 1

Honestly based on my experience the line on the right never exceeds the peak of Mt Stoopid.

Kinja'd!!! "MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
08/11/2017 at 14:53, STARS: 0

You’re probably right...unfortunately

Kinja'd!!! "ZHP Sparky, the 5th" (e30s2k)
08/11/2017 at 15:46, STARS: 0

There’s a good This American Life piece about Dunning-Kreuger. See Act 2 on this episode -

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/585/in-defense-of-ignorance

Transcript if you don’t want to listen to audio -

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/585/transcript

Kinja'd!!! " The Compromiser" (charger)
08/11/2017 at 19:59, STARS: 1

Mount stupid? I can see my house from there!

Kinja'd!!! "brianbrannon" (brianbrannon)
08/12/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 1

It also works the other way where someone competent thinks everyone else is competent, too   

Kinja'd!!! "rb1971 ARGQF+CayenneTurbo+E9+328GTS+R90S" (rb1971)
08/13/2017 at 20:39, STARS: 0

Weird right? It’s why everyone thinks they are going to get a B/B+ on every exam. Even people getting a D/F or A+.