What I learned this week... The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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发布日期: 2018年1月5日
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A great TED-Ed video titled "Why incompetent people think they're amazing" describes the effect which occurs where people fail to assess their own level of competence — or incompetence — at a task and therefore consider themselves much more competent than everyone else [is this why coaching can be a difficult activity sometimes :)]

This lack of awareness is attributed to their lower level of competence robbing them of the ability to critically analyze their performance, leading to a significant overestimation of their abilities. And it seems that the lower quartile (incompetent) tends to be the ones to overestimate the most.

The short video (https://youtu.be/pOLmD_WVY-E) does a great job or explaining the concept and relating it to everyday life but the takeaways are key:

  • Actively seek feedback,
  • Keep learning, and
  • When arguing with a fool, make sure the other person is not doing the same thing (best line of the year... thus far...)

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