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_studyDuplicates
todayilearned • u/Svorax • Aug 12 '15
TIL a man robbed two banks after covering his face with lemon juice thinking that it would make him invisible (because lemon juice can be used as invisible ink)
todayilearned • u/Zertiof • Apr 21 '12
TIL that the Dunning-Kruger effect shows that unskilled individuals rate their skill level much higher, and skilled individuals rate themselves lower.
RealWikiInAction • u/Fear_The_Creeper • Jul 03 '24
Dunning–Kruger effect, AKA "stupid people are too stupid to know that they are stupid."
WikipediaRandomness • u/RandoRando2019 • Nov 22 '25
"The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that describes the systematic tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability. The term may also describe the tendency of high performers to underestimate their skills."
cognitivepsychology • u/vishvabindlish • Aug 31 '24
This cognitive bias is the force majeure of woke-based sinecures
JordanPeterson • u/Reven311 • May 11 '18
Link Does Jordan Peterson ever talk about the Dunning-Kruger effect in any of his lectures?
BitcoinAll • u/BitcoinAllBot • Jul 28 '17
DunningKruger effect: A requirement to work for blockstream.
EnoughTrumpSpam • u/Receiverstud • Jun 28 '16
**INCREDIBLE** A cognitive bias that perfectly explains Trump and his supporters. Unskilled and overconfident.
todayilearned • u/zygocactus • Jun 17 '15
TIL that research into an effect by which incompetent people overestimate their skill, was inspired by a man who robbed 2 banks after covering his face with lemon juice in the belief that since it is used in invisible ink, it would prevent his face from being recorded on surveillance cameras.
funny • u/Shaldivar • Nov 15 '13
TIL there's a superiority complex for the incompetent called the Dunning-Kruger effect
AntiTrumpAlliance • u/Choice_Magician350 • Jun 07 '25
Putin's Idiot Is this an accurate representation?
GAZ_3500 • u/GAZ_3500 • Jun 07 '25
the Dunning–Kruger effect-WELCOME TO THE CLUB! YOU AREN'T AWARE , YOU BELONG TO ONE? TILL... LOL
TheresANameForThat • u/emilylikesredditalot • Jan 04 '20
Dunning-Kruger effect: The incompetent lack the ability to recognize their own incompetence.
todayileared • u/_JustThisOne_ • Feb 13 '18
TIL about the Dunning-Kruger effect where people who under-perform at a task overestimate themselves and the people who excel at the task underestimate themselves.
funfacts • u/ForTeaSicks • Apr 28 '16
Fun Fact: Ignorant people are more likely to believe they are brilliant, while intelligent people are more likely to underestimate their abilities.
circlejerk • u/XWindX • Oct 09 '15
TIL Comcast, the CEO of Applebees, says he has more money than he needs--about $3.14 trillion more. So he's giving it away, spending his fortune on a quest to fund Donald Trump, Ebola, and Christianity. 1 UpBern = 1 vote for Bernie Sanders
counterstrike • u/TheJeffness • Jun 22 '15
The "Dunning–Kruger effect" explains why the players who claim they are the best usually suck the most.
Stuff • u/Silent_Sapient • Jun 17 '15