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Dunning-Kruger effect

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A cognitive bias referenced in early Red Scare subreddit discussions, where someone questioned if the hosts exhibited this phenomenon of overestimating one's abilities.

Mentions (6)
"Apart from me, im actually a lot cooler than i think i am"
"This is what happens with people with too much time on their hands, dead end jobs, and no hope infiltrate and takeover Reddit. Dunning-Kruger effect. Just like me with my psychology takes 😁"
"https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/8tng7g/does_anyone_else_get_some_serious_dunningkruger/"
A Retrospective of the First Months of /RS · LongjumpingRow9 · ↑40 · 2022-03-26
"Reddit is literally built to promote groupthink and it's full of whiners and Dunning-Krueger champions."
I scrolled to the end. · u/StrikingCoconut · ↑36 · 2025-11-26
"This is what happens with people with too much time on their hands, dead end jobs, and no hope infiltrate and takeover Reddit. Dunning-Kruger effect."
Watching reddit backtrack on their hurricane expertise · u/haveacorona20 · ↑70 · 2024-10-10
"explaining the dunning kruger effect"
midwit shibolleths · u/prolapse_diarrhea · ↑25 · 2024-10-01
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