“Notwithstanding Anything Contained Herein”
A blog about financial agreements and language.
The Real Dunning-Kruger Fools
Dec. 17, 2021, 10:53 a.m.
The Dunning-Kruger effect isn’t real. We should all be more skeptical of social science, especially pop psychology favorites. The real fools of Dunning-Kruger are those who have uncritically trusted social science, or lacked the curiosity to investigate and think critically about the actual research.
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Alex Schumacher
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