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'''Dunning-Kruger effect, in psychology, is a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence greatly overestimate their own knowledge relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general.'''  
'''Dunning-Kruger effect, in psychology, is a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence greatly overestimate their own knowledge relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general'''<ref>Kruger, Justin & Dunning, David. (2000). Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77. 1121-34. 10.1037//0022-3514.77.6.1121. </ref>'''.'''  


Unfortunately, this has been found to be more pronounced in men<ref>Front. Psychol., Gender Differences in Self-Estimated Intelligence: Exploring the Male Hubris, Female Humility Problem 07 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812483  
Unfortunately, this has been found to be more pronounced in men<ref>Front. Psychol., Gender Differences in Self-Estimated Intelligence: Exploring the Male Hubris, Female Humility Problem 07 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812483  

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Hawkings quote
False confidence is a dangerous thing.

Dunning-Kruger effect, in psychology, is a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence greatly overestimate their own knowledge relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general[1].

Unfortunately, this has been found to be more pronounced in men[2]. Looking at the fact that America's 500 highest-grossing companies, translates to around 85 percent male[3] and compounding this with reduced neuroplasticity of the main CEO age group and a higher representation of psychopathy traits in CEOs, there may be a compound negative feedback loop in the selection of our leaders.

References

  1. Kruger, Justin & Dunning, David. (2000). Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 77. 1121-34. 10.1037//0022-3514.77.6.1121.
  2. Front. Psychol., Gender Differences in Self-Estimated Intelligence: Exploring the Male Hubris, Female Humility Problem 07 February 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812483
  3. Fortune 500, 2021: https://fortune.com/2021/06/02/female-ceos-fortune-500-2021-women-ceo-list-roz-brewer-walgreens-karen-lynch-cvs-thasunda-brown-duckett-tiaa/

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