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Cognitive Bias in Unskilled Individuals

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howlongcanausern
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

Incompetent people will:

tend to overestimate their own level of skill;
fail to recognize genuine skill in others;
fail to recognize the extremity of their inadequacy;
recognize and acknowledge their own previous lack of skill, if they are exposed to training for that skill.

sound familiar? fuck i wish i would have read this article before starting college/career
Feb 15 2013 1:42PM
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Piste.Off
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everyone in the world has this "condition"

I'm the best skier on the mountain and the smartest person on these forums.
Feb 15 2013 1:48PM
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feihlination
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thats NSG in a nutshell.
Feb 15 2013 1:48PM
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volvotom
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I learned all sorts of these theories in my sociology of work class.
Feb 15 2013 1:57PM
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jbalz
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fuck that shit i got skillz boi
Feb 15 2013 2:00PM
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theblackrod
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Feb 15 2013 2:01PM
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volvotom
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+ GNAR points
Feb 15 2013 2:07PM
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Stickity
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a healthy dose of self awareness can remedy this problem. i'm okay at skiing park and don't know that much really
Feb 15 2013 2:17PM
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ILLinoisance
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I've said it all my life:

The most dangerous thing in the world is a stupid person who thinks they're smart.
Feb 15 2013 2:21PM
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howlongcanausern
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Feb 15 2013 2:34PM
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Willgum
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I like to think that I don't have this bias... But what if I do, and I'm just thinking that im normal because of the condition? Shit
Feb 15 2013 2:57PM
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El_Barto.
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So youre saying im better than you at everything and more handsome?

Yea, I can see that
Feb 15 2013 3:08PM
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edai
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Every human to ever exist has this condition, I thought the same thing you did when i first read it.
Feb 15 2013 3:10PM
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howlongcanausern
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strongly disagree with this. many humans born into an affluent, western culture which values education have this condition.
Feb 15 2013 3:47PM
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MACAQUE
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I definitely suffer from the fear of inadequacy in a lot of ways. I do really well on tests and in school but I always feel as if I'm just getting lucky. I think that the people who I do "better" than are actually superior to me.
Feb 16 2013 4:51PM
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james6345789
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about 95% of NS
Feb 16 2013 4:56PM
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.AR6rider.
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I am the 95%!
Feb 16 2013 5:01PM
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accualyisdolan
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Well in ap physics in high school everyone including me was scratching their head only I was scratching my head as to why the fuck everyone else was having difficulty with the easy as fuck material. I think it's cause I'm mostly German but who knows
Feb 16 2013 6:20PM
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feihlination
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classic dolan
Feb 16 2013 7:41PM
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deleted5
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I actually came in here to say the exact same thing everyone does that.
Feb 16 2013 8:02PM
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turducken
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Absolutely not. I spent a large part of my life, and to some extent still do, underestimating myself, believing I was inadequate and believing others were superior to myself. I assure you as well, I'm not the only one who had this state of mind.
Feb 16 2013 8:16PM
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