World War Z Has Nothing on World War DKE (Dunning Kruger Effect)

Forget those pesky zombies, the real apocalypse will be the proliferation of confident incompetents. You must be forewarned to have any hope of defeating these creatures.

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Most people have heard of the Dunning Kruger Effect. In 1999, David Dunning and Justin Kruger wrote a psychology research paper titled “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in…