Re:“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed”
by halotrope on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @03:25PM
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Actually the tendency is, that the more you know the more aware you get of the things you don't know. So while dumb people may overestimate their aptitude the smarter people tend to underestimate themselves. The most extreme manifestation would probably be the impostor syndrome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome
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Re:“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed”
by jeremiep on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @10:41PM
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What I take from Dunning-Kruger is that unskilled people have misconceptions about themselves, not being aware of what they don't know. Likewise, skilled people have misconceptions about others, assuming they know as much as they do.
Its very easy to forget all the efforts invested in learning a skill when you've been using that skill for many years. When it becomes second nature, you assume its also that way for others.