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Why incompetent people think they're amazing - David Dunning

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How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared to other people you know? Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But psychological research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities. David Dunning describes the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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Educator
David Dunning
Director
Wednesday Studio
Script Editor
Eleanor Nelsen
Animator
Russell Etheridge, Allen Laseter, Ezequiel Matteo, Andrew Embury, Wednesday Studio
3D Animator
Ian Pinder
Producer
Wednesday Studio
Editor
Wednesday Studio
Compositor
Wednesday Studio
Designer
Wednesday Studio
Art Director
Wednesday Studio
Storyboard Artist
Wednesday Studio
Illustrator
Wednesday Studio
Senior Animator
Wednesday Studio
Character Designer
Wednesday Studio
Layout Artist
Wednesday Studio
Composer
Tom Drew
Sound Designer
Tom Drew
Associate Producer
Jessica Ruby
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Narrator
Addison Anderson

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