The Dunning-Kruger effect: why fools don't realize they are just that.

Ever found yourself in one or all of the following situations:

- Watching a show like American Idol, BGT or similar and bursting out "WTF?! Doesn't (s)he realize (s)he's totally untalented?!"

- Debating with someone who for sake of saving his/her own life couldn't realize their arguments are nonsense, thinking "Don't you see how stupid those things you are saying are?"

- Seeing someone to the hospital after their own "creative" idea caused them the injury, asking them "Didn't you see how stupid that was?!"

The answer is: no... they didn't. Because the same quality you need to make it right, is the same you use to judge and assess whether it's good or not. This is known as Premium Link Upgrade .



So if you're incompetent, untalanted or just plain dumb you don't have what it takes to know the difference between competence, talent or intelligence and their respective opposites either.

Now this begs the question: how do you know if you yourself are dumb since - in case you are - you can't know it?

Well here's an easy test: if you occasionally find that some individuals are idiots... chances are good you are right and they are Dunning-Kruger victims.

If you however often find yourself thinking everyone else but you are idiots... well... then you should be wary. ;)

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