UNSKILLED AND UNAWARE OF ITKRUGER, JUSTIN & DUNNING, DAVID
UNSKILLED AND UNAWARE OF IT
by KRUGER, JUSTIN & DUNNING, DAVID
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I would rather hedge my bets. Although one might temper one's judgement by reading "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments" by Justin Kruger and David Dunning of Cornell University" http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf Non-pdf URLs at:…
on “The Black-Scholes equation” ↗When I read this I'm thinking of Unskilled and Unaware of It[1]. You know how hard golf is because you have som experience with golf. But probably lots of things that you don't think would be as hard as golf actually is just as hard. [1] http://people.psych.cornell.edu/~dunning/publications/pdf/un...
on “Can a complete novice become a golf pro with 10,000 hours of practice?” ↗…Therefore, I believe that in practice, the DK paper does support the belief that less competent people believe themselves to be more competent than experts. [2] Kruger, Justin; Dunning, David (1999). "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments". Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
on “Dunning-Kruger and Other Memes” ↗…on the smarter end who underestimate their own intelligence because they believe everyone else must be able to see what they are able to see. There was a paper, quite famous now, on the topic titled "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments"
on “The Illusion of Explanatory Depth” ↗…summary was a bit breezy. But I think an essential component of their theory is the focus on domain knowledge and metacognition, not skill as it is normally used. Consider the title of their first paper: "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments". In the conclusion, they write, "We propose that those with limited knowledge in a domain suffer a dual burden: Not only do they reach…
on “Ask Valve employees: How well does the flat organization work?” ↗What you're describing is know as the Dunning-Kruger effect explained in Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments (1999).
on “Job Posting for Amazon.com Before it Launched” ↗