A Spotlight on Hidden Ignorance
“Dunning-Kruger” Syndrome effects on social media users
Abstract
Ignorant people are not only unaware of their extraordinary abilities to create stupidity, but also completely ignorant of the fact that they are ignorant of this matter. In this article, I am going to highlight a famous phenomenon analyzed by two American researchers, describing its effects on understanding the problem with some of social media’s pioneers, in creating ignorance and publishing it through the network, and of course giving examples of some cases.
The origin of the idea
As all know, falsely claiming expertise in a field reflects high self-confidence that accompanies a disease of excessive ignorance in that field. Of course, the description of this phenomenon must refer to its origin and the reasons for its emergence. The process of analyzing this issue has started after a stupid bank robbery incident in 1995.
“In 1995, McArthur Wheeler walked into two Pittsburgh banks and robbed them in broad daylight, with no visible attempt at disguise. He was arrested later that night, less than an hour after videotapes of him taken from surveillance cameras were broadcast on the 11 o’clock news. When police later showed him the surveillance tapes, Mr. Wheeler stared…
