Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat screams "poorly educated"?message-squaremessage-square419fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down133
arrow-up1241arrow-down1message-squareWhat screams "poorly educated"?Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square419fedilink
minus-squarebob@lemmy.havocperil.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI mean, you can sum it up in a sentence. Is it really that complex? “People with poor knowledge, experience or skill in an area tend to overestimate their ability in that area.” Is your beef that people tend to conflate lack of skill or knowledge with low intelligence, which is not what the DK effect says?
minus-squareoptissima@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m assuming they get told they suffer from DK a lot haha
minus-squaredakota@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYour summary is correct. However, most people use the Dunning-Kruger effect to describe individuals with low intelligence as arrogant. Another issue is that most people as soon as they learn about the effect think that they’ve become immune to it.
I mean, you can sum it up in a sentence. Is it really that complex?
“People with poor knowledge, experience or skill in an area tend to overestimate their ability in that area.”
Is your beef that people tend to conflate lack of skill or knowledge with low intelligence, which is not what the DK effect says?
I’m assuming they get told they suffer from DK a lot haha
Your summary is correct. However, most people use the Dunning-Kruger effect to describe individuals with low intelligence as arrogant. Another issue is that most people as soon as they learn about the effect think that they’ve become immune to it.