Dunning-Kruger bias

We may think that the Dunning Kruger bias could not possibly apply to us because we can't really be hopelessly incompetent. But the point is how we would know. I am not saying that you suffer from that bias, but then you might be a[…]

2020 May 24, Phillip T. Erickson, Cognitive Behavior: This Book Includes: Cognitive Dissonance Theory, Mental Models, Critical Thinking, AND Cognitive Biases And The Blind Spots Of Critical Thinking, Phillip T. Erickson, page 329

So it is that the board—as a single decision-making entity—can have a group form of Dunning-Kruger bias, collectively blind to the collective cognitive gap. Another aspect of this bias stems from the fact that people overestimate[…]

2020 August 28, Brian Hayward, The Great Chair: A Window on Effective Board Leadership, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 125

You've probably stood in church next to someone with a Dunning-Kruger bias. They belt out every song as if they were a great talent when they can barely carry a tune. The corollary to this effect is that people who have a high level of[…]

2021 July 6, Stan Toler, The Power of Your Personal Impact: How to Influence Others for Good, Harvest House Publishers, →ISBN, page 61