The Dunning-Kruger Effect Explains Why Society Is So Screwed-Up
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” -Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
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6 min readMay 12, 2020
In April of 1995, McArthur Wheeler covered his face in lemon juice and robbed two Pittsburgh area banks. He reasoned that the lemon juice would make his face invisible to security…