Initially, Kruger and Dunning conducted four parallel experiments across different fields of knowledge. The central hypothesis across these studies remained consistent: a test was administered to ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a term that gets thrown around a lot in arguments, especially online. People use it to say that their opponents don’t know what they are talking about.

Dunning-Kruger Curve The Dunning-Kruger effect is also called the Dunning-Kruger Curve. An inexperienced person might start with high confidence that doesn't match their knowledge or abilities.

As it so happens, there’s actually some science behind the idioms/generalisms/proverbs, and it’s known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning-Kruger effect is basically a cognitive bias where ...

The Dunning and Kruger experiment did find a real effect – most people think they are better than average. But according to my team’s work, that is all Dunning and Kruger showed.

John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, “If you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really, really stupid.” A ...

The “duck curve,” a concept that has become emblematic of the challenges associated with integrating variable renewables in the power system, now looks like a “canyon,” illustrating a ...

But as noted by David Dunning himself, one of the biggest challenges of the Dunning-Kruger Effect is that by definition you don’t know you’re engaging in it.