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by gravity13 4357 days ago
It becomes clear once you progress through a few of the examples what this means.

You don't need tutorials and tool-tips, you just need to be able to learn by doing.*

*and users who don't shy away on the first hint of confusion.

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Yes.

The problems absolutely illustrate the concept if you have a reliable overconfidence confidence bias. You do not need a background in psychology to understand "Hey, I feel 90% confidence, but am being surprised nearly 1 in 3 times. There's some kind of miscalibration going on there."