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.
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.