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A comment on Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf] by maxerickson on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:05PM (#16126091)
The main lesson I take from the paper is that self assessments aren't worth all that much.

So when someone says they are good at something, don't just take their word for it.

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Re:Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf] by ahultgren on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:28PM (#16126387)
But a main lesson you could be taking is that you shouldn't trust your own self assessment. If you think you're good at something, don't take your own word for it.
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Re:Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf] by dahart on Thursday January 11, 2018 @06:53PM (#16129204)
Another main lesson you could be taking is that this paper is flawed and doesn't actually prove anything about self-assessments in general, so don't automatically second-guess anyone's word for it, even your own. Find the link elsewhere in this thread titled "what the Dunning-Kruger effect is and isn’t".
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