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#Dunning

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" [...] moins on connait un sujet, moins on est capable de mesurer à quel point on ne maitrise pas le sujet en question."

-> illusion de connaissance -> Effet Dunning-Kruger

"Illusion de profondeur explicative" = "nous pensons souvent mieux comprendre le #monde que nous ne le comprenons vraiment."

=> conséquences sociétales/politiques.

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The problem is that the effect is statistical noise. I'm not a statistician so I recommend reading the original critiques for details. The core problem appears to be that the data on the two axes test score vs self assessment, aren't independent. The #Dunning-Kruger can be made to show up from random data. Create a dataset of a '1000' students. Randomly assign a 'student', a result and a guess as to how well they would do.

2/4 #NeuroMyths

I want the #Dunning-Kruger effect to be real. I've used it the past when discussing problems of [[Cognitive Bias]] in the context of why we're bad at Estimating.

The Effect claims that people with a small amount of knowledge in an area will not be aware of their incompetence. We all know cases where we've observed this and so hearing about Dunning-Kruger effect made me very happy when I learned about it.

1/4 #NeuroMyths

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@gfarrell I can't resist: That's all the #Trump supporting Magats who think their "christian" homeschooling is enough to get by

Those idiots pulled their kids out of #PublicSchools 2 generations ago and it's led to this!

It's not the blind leading the blind. It's the really #Dunning-Kruger-level arrogantly stupid creating the next brood of ignorant non-thinking imbeciles ready for any fascist to sway
#RealEducationIsTheKey
#DestroyMaga
#SaveOurDemocracy