Why You Think You're an Expert... But Aren'tHow our brains can overestimate our own abilities.
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Brain Perception IllusionsDiscover the science behind why we're often most confident when we're least competent. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that makes us overestimate our skills, especially when we're new to a subject. This quirk of the mind explains why some of the least knowledgeable people can be the most certain. Understanding this bias is the first step to making better judgments and being more skeptical of our own expertise.
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