I watched this video, now I'm an expert on Dunning-Kruger.

I'm no genius, but I live by this: Always be willing to consider the possibility that you might be wrong.

For decades, I've lived by the saying: Just because I'm convinced, doesn't mean I'm right.

"you can't reason ppl out of beliefs they weren't reasoned into"

Thank you for the reminder to questions one's beliefs. There is a T-shirt that says: "Don't Believe Everything You Think" Everybody should have one.

I always use a saying: "The problem with knowing everything; is you can't learn anything"

Every engineer (or at least the good ones) learns that there are four categories. (1) The things you think you know but don't. (2) The things you know. (3) The things that you know you don't know. (4) The things that you don't know that you don't know. Numbers #1 and #4 are the really scary ones that can cause disaster. What's terrifying is that #1 and #4 seem to be very common in today's world of misinformation.

Having watched this video, I am now a world-class expert on Dunning-Kruger! :)

My level of confidence is always informed by my knowledge. As a result so many people throughout my life have underestimated me. It goes as far as people judging me for having low self esteem. I don't have low self esteem I simply think that most people have irrationally high self esteem. In my opinion, modern American culture absolutely encourages the Dunning-Kruger effect.

An excellent and concise explanation. My only issue is "The Dunning-Kruger Effect" sounds like a prog-rock band from the Seventies. Loads of synth solos and complex time signatures.

Dunning-Kruger folks can make SERIOUS incomes. When they project overconfidence, people believe them and hand over their money to solve their problem. Best sales people - especially when combined with high psychopathy and extroversion.

Great summation. As said by someone wiser than me: "The more I see, the less I know".

A wise person knows what they do not know. A fool knows everything.

Our society may be making this natural tendency worse with "Everyone is a Winner" coddling of children. You learn more from failure. Failure will force you to see how little you know. Understanding failure is a vital part of learning to succeed. Learning that just because you believe it does not make it true is critical.

I read somewhere, sometime ago, "The more you learn, the more you realise you don't know". Not sure who said it but it has always been proven to be true throughout my life.

Man, this is no more true then now! We are all guilty of this to some degree, but I wish more people would know that things are not black and white or the first thing you read isn't always the end of the story. Nuance is something most people don't do well. This was a great video!

At age 22 I thought I knew it all. At age 82, I know damn near nothing.

It takes a lot of knowledge, to know what you don’t know.

“… the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.” From Yeats's poem, "The Second Coming"

There is a void inside each person in which ego fills it where knowledge and self-awareness does not.

Thank you for posting this, I am now able to claim myself an Expert on Dunning-Kruger!

I’ve hit the valley of humbleness a few times in my life and strangely enough, I felt better about things vs. when I thought I was ‘an expert’.

Hence the term, "He knows enough to get someone hurt."

ever since I was a child I have wanted to have experienced this dunning Kruger attitude towards certainty. all you can wish for is clarity of mind and self-honesty. true complete certainty is very difficult to obtain.

After watching this video, I have so much more confidence based on the fact that I lack confidence. Interesting video and I like the advice at the end!

3:40: and the problem with this is that the folks who most desperately need to increase their knowledge are exactly the ones who believe themselves knowledgeable already, and therefore believe they don’t need to increase their own knowledge! At Xmas time last year, a cousin put it to me thusly: “there are two things in the world I’m sure about, and those are my politics and my religion.” Given these are the least certain things in the realm of human consideration, it takes true ignorance to proclaim oneself ‘sure’ of them.

That graph showcases in a nutshell why so many celebrities manifest overconfidence and a complete lack of self awareness. They spend a small amount of time pretending to be a doctor, or a scientist, or a police officer. And then suddenly, they think they are an expert on the subject. And because of their visibility, they can sway large numbers of people despite actually having very little knowledge on the topic. It's a combination of the Dunning-Kruger effect and the logical fallacy of appeal to authority.

ive always found that as my knowledge of a subject grows, the more my blind spots become obvious, leading to doubting yourself as you become more competent.

The greatest problem of today's world has never changed. It has always been the fact that humans are not perfect.

I’ve watched other videos on this but she literally explains it the best, wow, thank you so much this helped a lot.

SO TRUE!! Thank you, Trae! Love ya back, and keep making these video's, the world needs to hear what you have to say!!!

ABSOLUTELY loved this!

Excellent, the best I listen about the subject

Very well explained! Good information and good advice!

To the university student, the more I learn about, more I realise I have so much more to learn. Or, for the only slightly educated, I've learned everything from my evening class so I must know everything there is to know.

Really enjoyed this video. While I often find myself having biases, and arguing on them, I also habitually remind myself that there are three kinds of arguments - one to prove I'm right, one to prove you're wrong, and one to seek out the truth. Always try to do the latter.

I've always heard it as: it is good to have some healthy self-doubt. And on the subject of the internet: Everyone is an expert, and it is like the blind leading the blind.

I'm glad I watched: now I'm an expert on the Dunning-Kruger effect.

This is an accurate summary of doing a PhD. Especially the 'never reaching the peak of ignorant confidence ever again' bit.

This was a really helpful video. Thanks so much!

The problem is, not everything that LOOKS like the Dunning-Kruger Effect actually is. For instance, there are almost certainly some people who appear (to YOU) to be very confident in their own opinions, who actually have only a small or moderate confidence in their own opinions but doubt the opinions of people who know more than them. Doubting the opinions of experts doesn't necessarily mean that someone is confident in his own opinion; it simply means he isn't confident in theirs--perhaps because he's seen evidence of incompetence, bias, or poor outcomes in their decision-making in the past. Examples: A medical student who hasn't yet gotten his graduate degree, but already realizes that professional researchers on a certain topic didn't use proper control groups in their research on a medical treatment, or an average Joe who's been told conflicting advice from nutritional experts his whole life (Eat eggs! Don't eat eggs! OK now, just eat the yolk! Fats and oils are bad for you! Wait, fats are still bad for you, but oils are good!), and now every time he hears new expert opinions on whether a certain food is good or bad for you, he thinks, "Just wait a few years--they'll change their minds again."

I am sure that the people you should be learning from this have not watched it as they already know.

“The best thing about being dead is that you don't know about it. It's like being stupid, it's only painful for others.”

Less than 63K views in 2.5 years? More people need to see this video.

I know I am a subject to Dunning-Kruger effect: I always grossly underestimate myself on everything.

Excellent explanation. Facts and opinion are not the same.

Excellent presentation.

Thank you!

I have often had those around me be surprised at the breadth of knowledge I have in different subjects and just basic general knowledge and they generally are like " wow you know lots, you're real clever. How do you know all this stuff?" My reply is "I know a little bit about a lot of subjects but not a great deal about any one thing" The thing I have found is the more you know the greater understanding of how little you actually know. As you get exposed to more and more knowledge it increases your ability to comprehend just how little you know. I have often wondered if there is some change point of level of knowledge taking you from "I think I know everything" to "I realise now how little I know".

I my high school that was a big problem. All of the smarter kids were more self conscious and doubtful and the not so smarter kids were always overconfident. it got to the point were if people thought you were smart you would be seen as a beta male and if you were stupid you were a king.

The public schools dumb us down increasing our confidence and Dunning-Kruger escalates.

Now I feel like I'm supper smart because I have no self confidence. But then again realizing I'm not as smart as others gives me more confidence, and therefore I must be smarter!

This is the bbest explanation of DKE that I've yet heard... and good advice too.

It reminds me of my good old Uncle Ray saying '' Beware the half - learned people ''

Thank you for this!

I think another important thing to remember is that just being aware of this doesn’t make you immune to it and knowing the basics of the phenomenon, well, it just puts you right in that danger zone. There’s a lot more to it than the basics.

Great video. I see this all the time when mostly speaking to theists about their god belief. They are 100 percent certain that their god exists but have absolutely no basis or evidence for the claim other than "I just know" or "you have to have faith". Faith is not a process by which to obtain knowledge, it's a process by which to obtain unfounded certainty which in turn leads to confident ignorance.

Socrates: The only thing I know is that I know nothing. The Oracle: Hence, you are the wisest men in the world.

Thank you, I needed to be reminded of this.

This is great. It's the blind spot conversation.

I’m ALWAYS right - infallible, in fact. I thought I was wrong once, but as it turned out, I was mistaken...phew!😓

This is something I've noticed about Indian men in the tech and engineering industry. They're always so confident, and people have a bias that Indians/Asians are so good at tech jobs. After having to work with them, I've learned they're the most ignorant, and talentless people in the industry. But oh my God are they certain they're right. And they ALWAYS apply for the higher tech jobs that a lot of other people are not confident to apply for, and therefore ALWAYS get the higher paying positions. It's definitely to do with their culture, but it's frustrating working with a senior engineer that is dumber than a box of rocks and won't work with anyone because they're sure they know more than you.

People who so readily throw this term around often give the impression that they think it can't also apply to them.

Thanks for producing and sharing this.

Thank you for your video, very informative. Dunning-Kruger effect is especially dangerous with religion. Religion teaches that they have all the answers and in most cases discourage curiosity. Very dangerous especially when some religions expect 100% obedience to the point of dying for your religion in some cases.

2021: Dunning- Krüger has a all-time high in our new government here in Germany.

Lao Tzu said figured it out 5000 years ago "He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know."

Well said. Great explanation. Describes the world today perfectly/

I’m not sure what Dunning-Kruger has to do with procrastination but it is a widespread problem that affects most of us. Many religious people lead responsible lives but religiosity, the opening up of the mind to non-perceptual, non-logical input, is an invitation to grievous error and tragic mistake.

Can’t this effect be associated with one’s ego? It’s hard to say “I don’t know or that I was wrong” with a huge ego.

It's December 2021, and oh boy does this video make sense. Well done!

This is true and I always find that the really confident ones lacking the actual knowledge on the subject being debated, respond better when you empathize with them before trying to present the information they're lacking in the subject. Such as - I know right thought the same thing until I found out 'such n such'! No one enjoys being ridiculed or being made to feel inferior.

How much does upbringing affect this? My cousin and I grew up in homes where our parents had no problem admitting that they didn't know things or that they were wrong about something. They looked for competent sources and expected the same of us. Our children and grandchildren are the same, as are our grandchildren.

“Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.” Oscar Wilde

This video should be required viewing for anyone on social media.

Well done!! I think this needs to be in the high school curriculum around 10th or 11th grade. It could help!! And then again every year post H.S. education.

An intelligent person might say something like this: I have an excellent vocabulary. A person with Dunning-Kruger: I got the best words.

Here's a study that 'proves' you should continue to trust the known liars and abusers despite all logic and reason. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984

I never found this to be an issue, but from a young age, I could see what a problem it was for others. It’s not that bad, people, to admit you didn’t know something, or that you were wrong. It’s a temporary state. So what if you were wrong? Admit it, learn from it, and move in. Don’t let the fear of being mocked, allow you to live in fear.

I hope many of us reach the valley of humbleness soon or we are in BIG trouble.

This video should be required watch for all millennials and Gen-z's.

Running a very close race: 'The biggest failure of man is his inabilty to understand the Exponential Function...' Albert Bartlett.

After high school, I learned that I knew some things. After undergrad, I learned that I knew everything. After a Master’s degree, I learned that I knew everything about one particular thing. After a PhD, I learned I know nothing for certain and neither does anyone else.

I try to be aware of the possible Dunning-Kruger effect on me, but I'm always right. So, no problem.

Wait until you need to hire one of these folks, they think "if I don't know it, must not be that important", they are also more concerned about work-life balance that job performance.

The dunning-kruger effect is not about intelligence or stupidity, it's about competence in a specific field, and how the same lack of knowledge that hinders good performance also hinders one's ability to evaluate one's performance, or metacognition. The irony of this video is that it talks about stupidity, the arrogance of the "stupid", and their inability to understand or learn that they were wrong, while basing these conclusions off of the dunning-kruger effect, even though it is not about any of this, as has been emphasised by the researchers themselves. Additionally, the first graph shown in this video has nothing to do with the dunning-kruger effect. Seems like the people who made this video are very sure of things they don't know much about, which is exactly the thing that their inaccurate misinterpretation of the dunning-kruger effect describes.

I've read a lot about the Dunning-Kruger effect as I feel stupidity is rampant in the world today (thank you internet and social media). I hope as we move forward, at least in America, that we have more civil discussion, calm debate, and critical thinking - but I'm not hopeful.

Thank you for the info... and it's app tiring living amongst this people...huhu

The more you know, the more you realise you don't know. I don't know if the Dunning Kruger effect is the worst problem facing the world, though...I think it's willful ignorance. People who refuse to learn...People who think that because of their god, their favorite 'news' channel, or their favorite political leader is right, they don't need to learn things about the world or about others.

Its intetesting how this is used to suggest only accepted experts can know or have anything valuable to say about whats going on. Its such a misused idea, applied outside of its proper context. I tried to explain this to the creator but they would not listen, the more i explained it to them the more they were sure they were right.

classic great class thanks

Very interesting.

The greatest precipitator of the D-K effect in history is COVID-19. LOL!

Similarly ....the subject line of this video ...."the greatest problem of the world" you have assumed this problem is greatest problem....which is an classic example of dunning Kruger

I learned long ago that a person can be 100% sure of themselves, be totally inflexible and persistent and still be wrong. Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, everyone in NOT entitled to their own facts.” Think “alternative facts “. There is no such thing.

"....and the truth shall set you free..." " ...but first, it'll piss you off!" -The Jils

Isn't the Dunning Kruger Effect that thing where if you die in a dream you're dead for real? . . . Oh nevermind, that's the Freddy Krueger Effect :)

The POTUS from 2017-2021 was a shining example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

When you think you know all about the Dunning-Kruger Effect but the Dunning-Kruger Effect got ya 🤯

Brilliant.