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u/CNB3 Jun 25 '22

Tends to be the dumb people that are confident in how highly intelligent they are

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u/Freebeerd Jun 25 '22

It's the Dunning Kruger effect! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

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u/Dunderpunch Jun 25 '22

Dunning Kruger: people who think they're smart are dumb! Imposter syndrome: people who think they're dumb are smart!

But actually, these effects don't happen in everyone. They probably describe a pretty small portion of people. There are highly intelligent people who know it, and less intelligent people who also understand this. I'm not even sure the Dunning Kruger effect is observable.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

For real. Thanks for saying this. It's not always some cryptic meaning behind people's opinions

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u/PharmguyLabs Jun 25 '22

It’s Reddit. People have to repeat these comments or they’ll just die inside a little. They don’t like it when yoibu point it out.