Dunning-kruger

"It's only been three months, and Tom is saying he's fluent in French already." "Nah, he's just at the summit of Mount Stupid." "Mount what?" "Look up the Dunning-Kruger effect."

It's a good thing I don't suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect.

So while in the throes of Dunning-Kruger and Advanced Beginnerism, they're being given Expert-sounding titles and told that they're rock stars and ninjas by recruiters, especially in today's economy.

And this is the second important piece of Dunning-Kruger. When asked if they know how a toilet works, many people will often say that they do. But when asked to describe how it operates, many are incapable of explaining it.

In this book, when we talk about people with this problem, we will simply say that they “have a case of Dunning-Kruger” (or DK for short). This research demonstrates that when people come to nonobjective and false conclusions,[…]

... for success or accomplishment are, so they're essentially flying blind, but giving themselves credit for keeping afloat. Once people become aware they suffer from Dunning-Kruger and acknowledge it, they can always reverse its effect.