71 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 23 Jun freebie
This is why we should always assume we are wrong, or at least doubt we are right, even where we think we have expertise. It's not as debilitating as it sounds. An outcome does not need to be certain to put effort into achieving an outcome. I'd argue you're more likely to achieve some positive outcome when you're skeptical of how your desired outcome is achieved. It's helped me to not focus on being right, to not focus on knowing anything for certain, and instead be satisfied with simply thinking about and acting on what I think is right at the time - regardless of whether I'm eventually proven right or wrong.
It makes arguing especially frustrating for me, because what I mostly want from my counterparty is to make logical progress with me instead of telling me I'm wrong and they're right in a bunch of creative ways that have nothing to with facts or logic.
If most programmers weren't so arrogant, I'd assume they'd be trained to do this generically, because it's fundamental to making something that works well. But often, outside of being able to definitively test that something works, I've noticed we fail to question our own thinking as much as anyone else.
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15 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 23 Jun
If I don't doubt my confidence in the power of doubting, am I falling prey to Dunning-Kruger?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 29 Jun
Probably not
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SilkyNinja OP 24 Jun
I don’t know
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @16d86e9daa 24 Jun
The popular definition of the Dunning-Kruger effect, Dunning explains, is that “people who are incompetent or unskilled or not expert in a field lack expertise to recognize that they lack expertise. So they come to conclusions, decisions, opinions that they think are just fine when they're, well, wrong
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 23 Jun
Actually, the people that have confidence are able to be perceived as productive in the workplace, even when they arent.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 29 Jun
2017 article!
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