As the counterbalance to Impostor Syndrome there is Expert Syndrome, an increasingly prevalent condition, where people are quite sure they know what is best for you and the world, despite having no expertise or knowledge on the matter whatsoever. In psychology, these conditions are all part of what is known as the Dunning–Kruger Effect, where people fail to realize their level of competence, which can be loosely summed up as ‘the less you know, the more certain you are that you are right’. Bertrand Russell, on whom in my impostor way I once presented a documentary, summarized it as: ‘the
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