Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> > I think there tends to be a positive correlation between people who
> > know things and people who think they know things. ...
>
>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!
I read that paper with interest, and while this effect did mute the
correlation, but did not eliminate it. It was still true that on average
people who thought they knew more did know more.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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