Sunday, February 20, 2011
This Explains a Lot
NYPOST.com: "The story of McArthur Wheeler was told by social psychologists Justin Kruger and David Dunning in a brilliant paper entitled “Unskilled and Unaware of It.” In a set of clever experiments, Kruger and Dunning showed that people with the least skill are the most likely to overestimate their abilities."
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Anyone who has been in the working world for five minutes knows this is true.
It puts me in mind of my favorite movie quote, from "Bull Durham": "The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness."
Deb says it all !
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