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> the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein persons of low ability suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their cognitive ability as greater than it is

Don't think that is the same as Imposter Syndrome: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome




The Impostor Syndrome is quite the reverse of the Dunning–Kruger effect.




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