[Texas Fossil]

I had not previously heard of the Kruger-Dunning Effect. But after reading this, it could as easily apply to Erdogan the Islamist's Turkey as to Obama's US.

Interesting concept and thought.

It ends on a bit of sarcasm. But you get the point.

[stocksthatgoup]

Greatly illuminating

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

I love the Kruger-Dunning Effect. It fits Obama perfectly and many, many other Democrats as well.

[Reverend Wright]

the entire western elite is suffering from the Dunning-Krueger effect. In recent years they have lurched from one disaster to another, all the while telling each other and everyone else how sophisticated and brilliant they are.

Consider - internet bubble, 911 security lapses, invasion and occupation of Iraq, housing bubble, 2008 financial bailouts, withdrawl from Iraq and rise of ISIS, overthrow of Ghadaffi, arming ISIS in Syria, European refugee crisis, Eurodebt crisis, overthrow of Ukraine gov’t, Brexit, Trump election .... and on and on.

Every time there is a big terrorist attack, it comes to light that the perpetrators were well known to authorities but they were unable to act effectively.

And while all that happened, the “experts” were blindsided by the USSR collapse, peso crisis, Asia debt crisis, 911, financial crisis, Arab Spring, Crimea, ...

There is also a larger crisis of competence where things that were easily done 50 years ago like repairing dams, announcing the Oscars and signing up people for a new gov’t program seem to be increasing difficult - even with all the new technology.

[zaxtres]

In other words “dumbing down the masses” leads to thesnowflake syndrome.

[jonascord]

I've used Dunning-Kruger as a filter for years. It goes a long way toward explaining why you seldom see Leftists, or certain ethnic groups, in STEM disciplines. Couple it with the IQ Bell Curve, and the equation is solved...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

[mad_as_he$$]

KD didn't discover it, they just put their names on it. I have called it the “idiot - arrogance” syndrome for 50 years and I got it from my Grandpa who called it that for 50 years before that.

[machman]

I think I first heard of the Kruger-Dunning here on FR, must have been when the first paper was published, probably about late 1999.

I apply the findings in everything I do and with everybody I work with. Especially management types..... Think the pointy haired boss from Dilbert.

[Texas Fossil]

Turkey Ping

[TomasUSMC]

Or....stupid people don’t want to say they are stupid.