The Dunning-Kruger Effect: The Paradox of Our Own Ignorance

The English philosopher Bertrand Russell once said, The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Perhaps whats even more amazing is that he said this long before the advent of the internet.

Today, due to the joys of social media, we are regularly exposed to legions of people who believe they know what the fuck they are talking about when they do not. And, indeed, as Russell pointed out, the more clueless...