Re:Intermediate sci knowledge associated with overconfidence...
by ignorethefacts on Thursday September 14, 2023 @10:28PM
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Not everyone who posts here is a coder but I do agree with you the narcissism and astro-turfing on HN is high.
I suspect the high-confidence/narcissist combination is especially high here due to this being an industry/entrepreneurial forum where being confidently wrong is a positive trait.
The astro-turfers appealing to the confidently wrong go by unnoticed to the majority.
The abstract of the study states the metric for over-confidence they developed is "the tendency to give incorrect answers rather than ‘don’t know’ responses to questions on scientific facts". I think that's true. I maintain that being confidently skeptical of confident claims and research is not the same thing.
I suspect the high-confidence/narcissist combination is especially high here due to this being an industry/entrepreneurial forum where being confidently wrong is a positive trait.
The astro-turfers appealing to the confidently wrong go by unnoticed to the majority.
The abstract of the study states the metric for over-confidence they developed is "the tendency to give incorrect answers rather than ‘don’t know’ responses to questions on scientific facts". I think that's true. I maintain that being confidently skeptical of confident claims and research is not the same thing.