Dunning Kruger effect

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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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