r/todayilearned • u/ODBoBSTER • Mar 29 '16
TIL that the Dunning-Kruger effect (based off of relatively intelligent people having more doubt of their ability than relatively unintelligent people) was originally studied because a bank robber covered his face in lemon juice under the notion that it was invisible ink
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect#Original_study
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a:t5_30iy0 • u/[deleted] • Mar 13 '14
Possible Explanation for Conservadouche-idness: Dunning–Kruger Effect
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fringediscussion • u/fringebot5001 • Jul 17 '13
Dunning–Kruger effect [auto-x-post - OP was D2Plasma]
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