A name for it--thank you, Liz! "The Dunning Kruger effect" I've always just said it as "The more you know, the more you know how much you don't know." And of course, Darwin said it better, as usual... ________________________________ From: The Lace Bee <thelace...@btinternet.com> To: jeria...@aol.com; Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net>; Nancy Neff <nnef...@yahoo.com> Cc: lace@arachne.com Sent: Sun, March 6, 2011 1:15:27 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Bobbin Lace Instructions - Written Out for the Teacherless
... Now, here is another one for you all. The Dunning Kruger effect. This theory is based on a statement by Charles Darwin; "Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge". The premise with the Dunning Kruger effect is that the more knowledge you have the more self aware you are and able to know how much further you have to go. High education people often will rate their ability lower than it is because they understand that they still have a lot to learn. ... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
