jumpingjacktrash:

scientificphilosopher:

David Dunning, along with Justin Kruger, published a paper called Unskilled and unaware of it: How difficulties in recognizing one’s own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. The paper describes what is now known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, eloquently stated by Dunning himself:

“In many cases, incompetence does not leave people disoriented, perplexed, or cautious. Instead, the incompetent are often blessed with an inappropriate confidence, buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge.”

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and this is why 15-year-olds on tumblr feel qualified to make the rules, gatekeep, lecture, and police everyone else. they’re at that first peak, where realizing there’s a problem and someone oughtta solve it looks like all there is to know.