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Dunning-Kruger (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I agree with Dr. Jey McCreight on the science.

But for determining truth, both sides are wrong here.

Dunning-Kruger is bad, but so is credentialism and appeal to authority.

Many people with PhD's have had Dunning-Kruger. Someone else mentioned Ben Carson being great at neurosurgery, but not politics.

A PhD doesn't make you infallible.

I am saying this as someone who is taking graduate-level courses and will be pursuing my PhD. When I'm correct, it's not because my future PhD causes reality to magically conform to my opinions - it's because I rigorously looked at the evidence, logic, and formed my own conclusion that better aligns with reality.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

You can even be incorrect on a subject you have expertise in.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

that's why we have peer reviews for new findings by experts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Exactly, imagine if we threw away the entire peer review process and made it about, "Well I have a PhD! Checkmate."

We'd descend into a dark age for science.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Experts often disagree.

If it were that easy, everything would be solved. We wouldn't need so much research or so many universities.