You’d Be Surprised How Smart (Or Dumb) You Are | The Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Published 2024-01-17
In this video, we explore the pervasive cognitive bias known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. What does this common phenomenon lead to, both individually and collectively? Can we overcome it? And if so, how?
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All Comments (21)
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Recognize that you will feel like the idiot at times. But simply recognizing that is a step that most don't take.
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I always say "The more I learn the more I realize how little I know".
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After watching a single 10 minute video on the Dunning-Krueger effect, I now consider myself an expert.
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is so paradoxical, since you think you don't know anything and you feel dumb, but then you think you are actually not dumb because you are self-aware, then you think you are kinda smart, then you realize you are overstimating yourself and you feel dumb and the cycle repeats
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"In fact, thinking you're impervious to the Dunning-Krueger effect is itself an example of the Dunning-Krueger effect." That hit hard.
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As a man who is dumb of ass, I am slowly unlearning to overestimate my knowledge. But, you should always believe in your capacity to learn & improve.
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“A fool believes themselves to be wise, a wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
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I’m happy to realize how unremarkable I really am as I get older, it’s actually freeing because you don’t feel as bad about your achievements or lack thereof. If you think you’re a genius and better than everyone but your life is in shambles, you have to reconcile the two. I’m happy being average, the ego lost its power.
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"Life is a continuous cycle of realizing how little you knew, how much you were wrong, and how complex things really are... And then realizing it again." This hit hard.
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When i was in sixth grade i had an art teacher who was one of those super eccentric artsy types. He walked in the first day after we all sat down and said "You are all stupid. You dont know what you dont know." He wasnt being an asshole, he was making a point and figuring out what type of children we were. Being close minded was a very good way to fail his class. Im in my mid thirties now and hes the only teacher i remember from that time, and hes easily my favorite teacher ive ever had.
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"Inappropriate confidence...buoyed by something that feels like knowledge..." I love that quote, it describes so many people I know.
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At med school you feel like you know nothing and you actually don’t know anything
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Ending every claim with “idk though I’m not an expert” makes me immune to the dunning-kruger effect and also the consequences of anyone actually listening to my advice
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That's why we need each other. No single person is able to understand or know everything. Collaborating our knowledge and skills, instead of competing and tearing each other down for not knowing, is how society grows and gets better. Thanks for making this great content!!
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One of the major problems of the society is that dumb people are confident, while smart people are full of doubts.
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What a razor sharp script. And incredible insightfulness. The ability to communicate so effectively, a relatively abstract and complicated subject, in a clear, concise and engaging way, is truly masterful. Subscribed.
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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 "I only know that I don't know." Socrates
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My whole adult life I've been way too preoccupied with how smart or not smart I am in relation to others. One day it occurred to me that what I really was preoccupied with was my status in relation to others. The brains/no brains was just a hook to hang my thoughts on,
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We are complex creatures and recognizing our weaknesses is an actual strength.
