Explaining the Dunning-Kruger effect and overcoming overconfidence with David Dunning

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🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a rare psychological concept that has achieved pop culture fame. David Dunning -- the lead author and one of the world’s most-cited psychologists -- joins Adam to discuss his famous findings about the arrogance of ignorance, the challenges of knowing what you don’t know, and the dangers of “doing your own research.” Then David and Adam uncover strategies for overcoming overconfidence among amateurs as well as experts.

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0:29.8	This question I've always wanted to know is when people are wrong how much might they
0:34.5	know or suspect that they're wrong or are they completely bind to it and so we
0:39.1	decided to go forth and see. Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:45.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick with the TED
0:50.0	Audio Collective. I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the
0:54.3	minds of fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
1:00.4	My guest today is psychologist David Dunning.
1:03.0	If you've heard of the Dunning Krueger effect,
1:05.0	yep, he's that Dunning.
1:07.0	It's the famous finding that those who can't do
1:09.0	are the most likely to overestimate what they can do.
1:12.0	We're often ignorant of our own ignorance.
1:15.3	Living with Dunning Krueger, and we all do live with Dunning Krueger,
1:18.7	I'm quite comfortable with being wrong or other people
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