Dunning-Kruger Effect

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconoverconfident beginner
Executive Parlancecompetence blindness
Scholarly Discoursemetacognitive deficit
Babel ZenithDunning-Kruger Effect
Origin: Kruger & Dunning

Etymology & Meaning

Incompetent people overestimate their abilities.

In the Boardroom

Beginners who think they know more than experts.

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