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A comment on Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015). Parent comment

Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by mannykannot on Monday June 27, 2016 @09:42PM (#11990917)
The SMBC comic does not actually claim to illustrate the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by ikeboy on Monday June 27, 2016 @09:46PM (#11990928)
No, but it makes the same claim that the post here says is popular and wrong.
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Re:Dunning-Kruger and other memes (2015) by dllthomas on Monday June 27, 2016 @10:20PM (#11991061)
"Willingness to opine" is not identical to "self assessment of capability".

I am also not sure any SMBC comic can be reasonably considered to be making a claim of anything...

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