3. — Confucius (552-479 BC)
REAL KNOWLEDGE IS TO
KNOW THE EXTENT OF
ONE’S IGNORANCE.
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4. — Plato (428-248 BC)
I KNOW NOTHING EXCEPT
THE FACT OF MY
IGNORANCE.
”
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5. — Mark Twain (1835-1910)
TO SUCCEED IN LIFE, YOU
NEED TWO THINGS:
IGNORANCE AND
CONFIDENCE.
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6. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
STUDIES ARE DONE WITH REAL PEOPLE
http://psych.colorado.edu/~vanboven/teaching/p7536_heurbias/p7536_readings/kruger_dunning.pdf
UNSKILLED AND UNAWARE OF IT: HOW DIFFICULTIES IN RECOGNIZING ONE’S OWN
INCOMPETENCE LEAD TO INFLATED SELF-ASSEESSMENTS
JUSTIN KRUGER AND DAVID DUNNING
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
7. HYPOTHESES
• Incompetent people tend to overestimate their skill level.
• They also fail to recognize actual actual skill in others.
• They are poor at seeing how extreme their incompetence is.
• If they get additional training, they were admit they were
unskilled.