What You Must Know About Your Self

Written by Jon on April 29th, 2009

The Kruger/Dunning Study: What You Must Know About Your Self This study and story absolutely fascinated me. I hope you get the same “ah-ha!” moment from the results of the study as I did. Have you ever met someone who thought they were … well, “more special” than they really are? Perhaps they believe themselves to be fantastic musicians when in reality they stink. Or maybe they think they know something about XYZ when in reality they are hopelessly lost. When I was on the debate team in college I ran across a lot of these types of folks. Debaters who, even after being thoroughly trounced maintained victory. I also saw this while dabbling in boxing (I never really boxed, but my father was into it.) Fighters would almost always claim victory when they were clearly ...

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