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Dunning-Kruger Effect

People with the least knowledge of a subject tend to be the most confident about it.

How to use it. Treat strong claims from new joiners as data to check. Pair them with experienced people.

How it gets misused. The original effect is statistically shaky, partly an artefact of how the data was analysed. Use the idea carefully. Do not lean on the citation.

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