One of the best things about the Dunning-Kruger effect, is that many people overestimate their own understanding of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
"n popular culture, the Dunning–Kruger effect is often misunderstood as a claim about general overconfidence of people with low intelligence instead of specific overconfidence of people unskilled at a particular task." - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
It's specifically that people who DO know a little about something are MORE confident than experts.
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