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In the field of psychology, the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people mistakenly assess their cognitive ability as greater than it is. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from the inability of people to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their competence or incompetence.[1]

As described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the cognitive bias of illusory superiority results from an internal illusion in people of low ability and from an external misperception in people of high ability; that is, "the miscalibration of the incompetent stems from an error about the self, whereas the miscalibration of the highly competent stems from an error about others."

Dunning–Kruger effect

2 posted on 10/18/2019 6:36:27 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

Joe Scarborough, a man high on the smell of his own farts.


5 posted on 10/18/2019 6:38:54 AM PDT by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: Steely Tom
What Scarborough and Brzezinski really think about us little people: Brzezinski: ‘Our Job’ Is to Control ‘Exactly What People Think’

SCARBOROUGH: "Exactly. That is exactly what I hear. What Yamiche said is what I hear from all the Trump supporters that I talk to who were Trump voters and are still Trump supporters. They go, 'Yeah you guys are going crazy. He's doing -- what are you so surprised about? He is doing exactly what he said he is going to do.'"

BRZEZINSKI: "Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job."

15 posted on 10/18/2019 6:47:30 AM PDT by Widget Jr
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To: Steely Tom

Awww, darn. I just made a fruit and yogurt smoothie for breakfast. But I still have all my fingers! Take that Joe Scarborough Fair...


28 posted on 10/18/2019 7:15:09 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Steely Tom

How is calling Trump fans stupid going to help getting him defeated?

Never forget Scarborough and the rest are showbiz.


39 posted on 10/18/2019 7:54:16 AM PDT by cymbeline
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