I forget the scientific term for this — but 95% of people think they are above a...

hwbehrens · 2025-04-28T05:29:09 1745818149

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority

[Edit: Interesting that there are multiple effects, e.g. the sibling comment, that refer to similar but distinct phenomena!]

labster · 2025-04-28T07:17:49 1745824669

That’s weird, because just think about how unskilled the average person is — and then realize that half of ‘em are even worse.

toomuchtodo · 2025-04-28T05:21:15 1745817675

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overconfidence_effect

LoganDark · 2025-04-28T05:01:53 1745816513

Isn't this sort of just the Dunning-Kruger effect?

Jensson · 2025-04-28T09:43:24 1745833404

No, Dunning Kruger is that skilled people are better at judging where they are on the skill spectrum.

6LLvveMx2koXfwn · 2025-04-28T09:52:59 1745833979

This also explains why the best engineers are also the best at admitting what they don't know. Which is something we have worked into our interviews - amazing how easy it is to spot a poor engineer by asking what their latest failure was.

mizzao · 2025-04-30T01:51:03 1745977863

I think that's the opposite of Dunning-Kruger — impostor syndrome, or maybe "curse of knowledge".

When skilled people either underestimate how hard it is to do something, or gauge a complex task that they have expertise in as easier than it actually is.