Dunning-Kruger Effect

By Daniel Chen

Dunning-Kruger effect is when people don't have enough knowledge, they might think they're smarter than average, the reason that less skilled people often think that they are high skilled is because they don't understand how much they don't know. One example is one of my friend thinks she has more sports knowledge than others, one of the thing she said is “Climbing up the hill hurts your knee more than going downhill,” which is not true. The reason that it's often difficult to not fall into the Dunning-Kruger effect yourself is because you don't even know how much knowledge is out there that you don't know. The Dunning-Kruger effect can cause problems inside groups, companies, or society is because those people who has Dunning-Kruger effect thinks they're better so they will keep and keep talking, this will influence those people who really understand the situation, the whole groups will flooded by wrong information. You should listen to other's opinions to learn more. This helps you avoid thinking you know more than you do. Different views help you see what you still need to learn.