[Leisler]

Chicken and the egg problem. How do stupid people know that they are stupid? They don't.

[staytrue]

I read the long article and while the methodology was good, all the tests were done on Cornell students which are not very typical of the population. To me, poor performers must a)admitt they are lousy or b)scapegoat someone or something else or ignore their own incompetence. It is much easier on the brain to choose b. The article concludes that you can improve self evaluation by training the incompetent. I disagree (based only on observation). It is just a lot easier to scapegoat than to blame oneself.