Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes
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Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes
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Re: Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes
#2Seems paradoxical that the Dunning-Kruger effect is being applied to the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Re: Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes
#3The most interesting thing about the graphs isn't the slope, but that "perceived score" is far more tightly coupled to the individual's perception of their overall ability than their actual score. But that could be an artefact of how and when questions about ability were asked
(conjecture: I haven't read the original paper)
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#4The money/happyness one is particularly interesting to me. If money does not equal happyness why am I so happy when I get more? I make more than 75k so obviously 75k isn't enough.
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#5The money/happyness one is particularly interesting to me. If money does not equal happyness why am I so happy when I get more? I make more than 75k so obviously 75k isn't enough.
It highly depends on where you live. If you live in the Bay area, 75k will not make you as happy as 60k in the mid west because rent is so high.
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#6Seems paradoxical that the Dunning-Kruger effect is being applied to the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Yeah, it's almost impressive how all 3 of their conclusions are so off the mark it descends into parody.
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#7The money/happyness one is particularly interesting to me. If money does not equal happyness why am I so happy when I get more? I make more than 75k so obviously 75k isn't enough.
That's always seemed a particularly silly one to me that doesn't in the aggregate comport to any experience of the real world. There's presumably a declining utility curve at some point but that's not the same as saying there isn't a correlation. Money does help make a lot of issues/problems go away.
Re: Dunning-Kruger and other bogus memes
#8The money/happyness one is particularly interesting to me. If money does not equal happyness why am I so happy when I get more? I make more than 75k so obviously 75k isn't enough.
The fact that you want more is irrelevant. You may be unhappy and believe that more money will make you happier, but it could be just a false belief or a bias.
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#9Seems paradoxical that the Dunning-Kruger effect is being applied to the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Not paradoxical. Just ironic.
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#10In regards to software engineering, The Leprechauns of Software Engineering has lots of good examples of this type of thinking.