David Dunning and Justin Kruger tested psychology students to see whether the least skilled were also the most unaware. Rich ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them ...

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We all find it difficult to admit when we might be wrong. In an increasingly polarised world, it seems as if people are becoming more convinced of their own beliefs and less willing to contemplate ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them ...

I just wrote the other day about willful ignorance, another of our human behaviors, so when I ran across this study in PNAS, I was curious about what they fo We have gotten used to trolls and ...

Gary and his sick wife Hannah pay a massive cash fee to Bruce a mysterious man claiming he can help them win the lottery But on the night of the drawing strange ...