[technion]

I feel there's a common thread that maybe should be some kind of internet law that people who make a point of noting they are not experts, are more often correct than people who confidently write as though they are.

You see this particularly with crypto, where "I am not a crypto expert" is usually accompanied by a more factual statement than one from the self proclaimed expert elsewhere in the thread.

[Terr_]

In addition to "humility implies self-awareness", I'd like to point out a parallel thread of "disclosure implies honesty and diligence."

[S201]

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

[Kuinox]

You can look it up and the Dunning Kruger effect is probably not real.

[fao_]

It's less that it's not real, but rather that the common interpretation of it is utterly false.