This is the scariest of all cognitive biases.
The quality of every decision we make in our lives depends on how good we are at thinking clearly.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ “๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐”?
When you suffer from the Dunning-Kruger Effect, you underestimate how much you don’t know about a subject.
You overestimate your expertise about a specific subject.
On the flip side, if you are an expert in a subject, you will underestimate how much you know about that subject. No matter how much you read about it, it’ll never be enough.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ?
This bias affects all areas of our lives.
People, who lack expertise, let this bias control their lives, and don’t realize the need to constantly develop their reasoning abilities.
They don’t feel the need to learn.
Often, such people stop learning after they hit a certain age.
Even talking about this bias in front of someone may cost you your relationship with that person.
Everybody tries to portray themselves as experts these days.
The more you become an expert at something, the more you realize how much there is to explore.
You realize how much you don’t know you don’t know. And you also realize how much you know you don’t know.
But people suffering from “The Dunning-Kruger” don’t know that they don’t know.
They don’t feel the need to be helped when they are the one who need the most help.
So, they somehow end up becoming their own enemy, preventing their own growth!
๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ก๐๐ข, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ฉ.
In short: Experts think they aren’t experts yet. While amateurs become overconfident, thinking they are experts.
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๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ โ๏ธ
โข Just realize that there is an ocean of knowledge that humans are totally unaware of.
Just because we don’t know something, it’s not a bad thing. It’s actually a good thing. Because it only means that there is a huge room for new perspective and ideas.
โข Associating your sense of worth based on how much knowledge you have gathered is a waste of mental energy because it only harms in the long term.
โข Knowledge must only be pursued out of genuine curiosity, not out of pride or obligations. Otherwise, the pursuit becomes dangerous. Because any amount of knowledge will never be enough ๐
โข Finally, fearing The Dunning-Kruger is a waste of time as well.
The competence of a person is always subjective to the person assessing it.
And even experts need to learn all the time, so it’s a lifelong process.
Learning never ends.
And that’s the beauty of life!
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Have you ever felt this cognitive bias?
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