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A Connect Study in Confidence · № 01
The Dunning–Kruger
Effect
The curve everyone knows — and almost no one has read.
The Myth
The 1999 Data
Actual competence
2
%
Felt confidence
4
%
Miscalibration
+50
pts
Base camp
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How much you actually know
Novice ⟶ Master
The popular curve · unattributed internet folklore
It appears nowhere in the original paper