Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015)

Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by level3 on Monday June 27, 2016 @08:26PM (#11990610)

In addition to coldtea's examples, DK is particularly thrown around in competitive gaming communities, such as Reddit/Twitch around Dota 2 and League of Legends. I admit that it may not be as prevalent in the mainstream as other popular memes, but it's definitely there.

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Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by 1123581321 on Monday June 27, 2016 @10:12PM (#11991031)

I've seen its use in those communities also. Usually the person applying thinks highly of their ability to identify a DK scenario. And, if someone professes not to understand something, DK is rarely applied in their favor. Bringing it up is effectively just a meaner way to say, "I think you're wrong."

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Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by danneu on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @12:44AM (#11991538)

    > Usually the person applying thinks highly of their 
    > ability to identify a DK scenario.

This is a critical component of the DK epithet, often accompanied by a tacky link to the wiki page.

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=dunning%20kruger&sort=byPopula...

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