Few psychological rules have as high a public profile as the Dunning-Kruger effect. Way back in 1999, David Dunning and ...

Ever met someone who was absolutely, 100% confident… and 100% wrong? Of course, you have. We all have. It turns out, this isn’t just a random annoyance; it’s a well-documented glitch in our human ...

Many people deceive themselves. In the 1990s, researchers Justin Kruger and David Dunning formulated an idea about self-deception called the Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) (1). Specifically, the effect ...