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by swayvil 1550 days ago
The greater the ignorance of a subject, the greater the confidence of one's opinions about it. There's a name for this malady. It's on the tip of my tongue.

And speaking of that. It's interesting to consider it taken to absurd yet utterly plausible levels.

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I reckon you're looking for the Dunning-Kruger effect.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effec...

I assume you’re referring to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.