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Psychology

The Dunning-Kruger Effect and Self-Assessment

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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their performance, while those with high ability often underestimate theirs because they assume others find the task as easy as they do.

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Why do the least skilled people often feel the most confident, while true experts sometimes doubt themselves?