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bryanrasmussen on April 22, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: I can't let go of “The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Au...

If someone asked me how bad are you at playing the piano, having never tried, I would say I was totally incompetent which I take to mean the worst possible. According to DK I should somehow be worse than that.

taeric on April 22, 2022 [–]

Sorta. According to DK, your Skill is 0. Your estimate is 0. So.... you were accurate. (That is, you literally couldn't under estimate your skill.)

This obviously complicates the analysis that says poorly skilled don't under estimate to the degree that highly skilled do.

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