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Oct 23, 2025 22 min

Why Confidence Isn’t Competence (The Dunning-Kruger Effect)

from First Principles Amplified

In this episode, I discuss examples of a brief overlook on the Dunning-Kruger Effect; where in this concept the stupid have the overconfidence to often believe they are smart and, conversely, the intelligent underestimate their knowledge and abilities to harshly assess their own intellect on a specific area of work.

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