Why we all fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger effect – BBC REEL
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Published 2022-06-20
BBC Reel investigates the concept of intellectual humility, and whether it could actually be key to making us smarter.
Video by Dan John
Animation by Michal Bialoze
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All Comments (21)
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My grandmother told me once “Everyone is ignorant. Just in different subjects. “
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”The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.” Bertrand Russell.
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“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know.” - Albert Einstein
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When I graduated from HS, I thought I was extremely brilliant. When I graduated from college, I was just amazed at my limitations and how little knowledge I possessed. Learning is very humbling.
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This is why 'beginners mind' is so important. It's a great habit to fact check one's self constantly and question beliefs one holds. I've learned to enjoy telling people, "I was wrong, you got it right". But then, my motto for decades has been, "I'd rather know the truth than be right." I didn't start there, I started always having to be 'right'. All I had to do was decades of work to grow as a person. : )
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It works between people who are not narcissistic. Being narcissistic is the very core of this problem.
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This video to me has been the best description of what the Dunning-Kruger effect is. Thank you for putting it out there.
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My current job taught me that every policy can be interpreted differently and sometimes policies was just written for a specific case and cannot be generalised. A second opinion is always good to have.
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Tolerance is something we really need in today's world. If you don't agree with someone, don't bother them. Tolerance is an important mental asset we all need, especially when dealing with friends, family and groups. We all have out own opinions and beliefs, if we can't agree with them let them be!
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Fantastic, tightly packed presentation. I hope this will be widely shared on social media.
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We see this everywhere these days, and it's causing so many problems. I've noticed a very real correlation between ignorance and arrogance; very few people I know who are truly brilliant are also arrogant.
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"Only by acknowledging what is known as known and what is unknown as unknown can we acquire true knowledge." - Confucius
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"Of course, I believe that, but I could be wrong." Lol, I was wondering if someone would say it.
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The plasticity of human intelligence has been the greatest gift of evolution. The neuroscience behind our ability to continuously learn and acquire different habits is absolutely wild! All of these discoveries would have been impossible without the intelligence humility and the acceptance of uncertainty in particular studies conducted then the attempts to overcome that. Basically, brain go brrrrrrr and I don't know why.
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"OF COURSE I believe that but I could be wrong" Nice display of dichotomous intellectual humility
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❤️ Nothing is cement certain! We grow when we update our knowledge, learn and unlearn and learn. Being intellectually humility really surprises you when you learn that you were in the dark about a certain thing. That's a humbling experience.
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Definitely agree with 4:11 part. When we perceive the intellegenece as something that grows as we work hard to aquire more knowledge we get more humble about our capabilities and try to learn more that when we think it as an inherent trait that has put us automatically well ahead of many people. I was victim of this for long.
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Absolutely agree, if more of the world possessed intellectual humility we would be in a much better place right now. I’m 75 and firmly believe that my problem solving ability is better now than it ever was ; simply as a result of learning , experience and practice. Davox.
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To begin with, there are different kinds of intelligences beyond the verbal and logical intelligences. Also, with aging, our verbal and logical intelligences change. In my 20s and 30s I used to be brilliant, including scoring very high on IQ tests. I was very quick in comprehending ideas,in seeing connections and in verbalizing them. Nowadays, as an older woman, I am significantly less intelligent in that way. My reasoning is slower. I have however, come to understand better the limits of my abilities.
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This pretty much explains every boss I have ever had
