Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by dcminter 6323 days ago
The study you're thinking of is probably "Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments" - it's completely fascinating and slightly worrying.

http://www.apa.org/journals/features/psp7761121.pdf

If you're not feeling humble about your skills after reading it, well...