RE: Do we differ more on values or facts?

From: hal@finney.org
Date: Tue Sep 05 2000 - 20:22:42 MDT


Harvey writes:
> There was a recent study that found that most people who DON'T know a
> subject will rate themselves as expert in it. Although there was some
> correlation with people who really knew the subject from high to low levels
> of competence, those with no competence rated themselves as experts!

That's pretty surprising. Presumably these weren't technical subjects?
Few people would claim expertise in paleontology or cosmology. They might
feel they knew a lot about politics, sports management and economic
policy though, when in fact they were ignorant. Do you remember any
more details?

Hal



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