Oblivous to Incompetence

from the You-really-are-stupid,-I'm-not-kidding-about-this dept

A Cornell professor has found that incompetent people are often unaware of being incompetent. In fact they preceive themselves to be exactly the opposite, much more so than truly competent people. This story reads like something from The Onion, but it is based on actual research. Scary.

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