Why Our Ignorance Makes Us Overestimate How Much We Know

Alexander M Zoltai:

How can intelligent people support false theories?

Is it possible for creative writers to make readers believe nearly anything?

Do you think you know way more than you actually do?

Find possible answers to these questions (and many more) in today’s Re-Blog…

Originally posted on Longreads Blog:

Impostor syndrome has been covered extensively in recent years. Its inverse, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, is at least as pervasive: our innate tendency to confidently claim exp...