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freework | 2 years ago

> We'll probably see something similar happen with "Tankie" and "CCP" and "Moscow shill"

Those terms are all specific to political discussions. The Dunning Kruger effect is known across every single cross section of the internet, and it is absolutely everywhere.

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ggm|2 years ago

I would point out that while I think Dunning-Kruger is a thing, and pretty memetic, the actual research about it has been re-appraised in recent years.

We believe in it, yes. Was it proved in the root paper? Turns out.. no. Or at best weakly.