Too Incompetant to Know They're Incompetant

[clocktor]

From this article in the New York Times
(formatting mine):

Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss

By ERICA GOODE

There are many incompetent people in the world. Dr. David A. Dunning is haunted by the fear he might be one of them

Comments

[hrodebert]

I think I'm too incompetent to understand this article.

[vancemarr]

I believe every word of this article. It's been my experience that people who really know what they are talking about in a given subject will often start out by telling you upfront about the gaps in and limitations of their knowledge. Meanwhile, those who don't know a lot usually try to pass themselves off as experts. I always assumed the latter was a vanity issue -- wanting to look important, but based on this research, it sounds like a lot of them actually believe they are experts.