Dunning-Kruger effect

noun

Etymology

Coined on everything2 in 2002 by user uucp, who in 2005 copied the same entry to Wikipedia under the title Dunning-Kruger syndrome, named for David Dunning and Justin Kruger of Cornell University, who studied the phenomenon.

Definitions

  1. A cognitive bias where an individual with limited knowledge or competence in a specific…

    A cognitive bias where an individual with limited knowledge or competence in a specific domain tends to greatly overestimate their own ability relative to objective criteria or the performance of others.

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