The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

February 9, 2021 ~ cafebedouin

"For an effect of human psychology to be real, it cannot be rigorously replicated using random noise. If the human brain was predisposed to choose heads when a coin is flipped, you could compare this to random predictions (heads or tails) made by a computer and see the bias. A human would call more heads … Continue reading The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

[Question] Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses.

October 19, 2020October 17, 2020 ~ cafebedouin

"To be explained: It feels to me that in recent years, people have gotten stupider, or that stupid has gotten bigger, or that the parts of people that were always stupid have gotten louder, or something like that.I’ve come up with a suite of hypotheses to explain this (with a little help from my friends). … Continue reading [Question] Is Stupidity Expanding? Some Hypotheses.