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Dunning-Kruger Effect
The more you know, the less you know you know. And it follows suit that the less you know, the more you think you know:
Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Meanwhile, people with true knowledge tended to underestimate their competence.
Psychologists call it the Dunning-Kruger effect, and it explains Bill O'Reilly, among other things. This is now my favorite socio-psychological phenomenon. Although, now I'm wondering what things I'm actually in the bottom quartile of... via Kottke.
