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Ignorance

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Cognitive Science

Incompetent People Are Often Too Incompetent To Realize Just How Incompetent They Are, Says New Study

The less people know about a scientific issue, the more confident they are that they are right.

Ronald Bailey | 8.19.2022 3:40 PM

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Knowledge

You Are Ignorant, But Not Necessarily Dumb.

A review of The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone

Ronald Bailey | 5.5.2017 1:30 PM

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Experts

The Limits of Expertise

A defense of experts exhibits the very problems it complains about.

Noah Berlatsky | 3.26.2017 6:00 AM

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