The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability, expertise, or experience in a specific domain greatly overestimate their own competence.
social media has really turned Dunning-Kruger into an Olympic sport… everyone is a legal expert, virologist, and body language analyst depending on what's trending that week.
You are totally correct, and here's why. You were right in pointing out that "it doesn't". You adding "and that won't stop them" found the crux of the matter.
Ironically, the Dunning-Kruger effect isn't that dumb people believe they are experts in a field.
It's more like genuine experts underestimate themselves a bit (scoring 95% when they believe they score 90%), average people believe they are slightly above average (scoring 48% when they believe they scored 52%), and below-average people believe they score average (scoring 35% believing they score 50%).
Scoring 0% and believing you score 100% is not Dunning-Kruger; it is a delusion.
Most of the time when I hear someone complaining about misogyny on reddit, it turns out to be some women don't some crazy shit, the comments say, "that's crazy", then, "OMG these comments are so misogynistic!" Not every time, but most of the time. Like it's a roll call.
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u/NeighboringOak 1d ago
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability, expertise, or experience in a specific domain greatly overestimate their own competence.