Timeline for What is it called when experts think they only know a small part of a topic and amateurs think they know almost all of a topic?
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Apr 16, 2022 at 0:28 | comment | added | forest | I think this answer is wrong, at least on the first part. Almost anyone in their area of expertise learns more, they gradually realize that the known unknowns accumulate faster than the known knowns (and that's not even including the unknown unknowns). It's only imposter syndrome if the expert thinks that they don't deserve their knowledge or that they're just "getting lucky" with impressing people. | |
Apr 26, 2017 at 18:09 | comment | added | SamB | Imposter Syndrome only applies if the experts think they know less than they should, doesn't it? I thought it was just that experts believed there to be much more to know than what they already know, mostly ... | |
Apr 25, 2017 at 3:50 | comment | added | Wildcard | @MatthieuM., furthermore, experts try to compensate for the Dunning-Kruger effect by recognizing they don't know as much as they think. :P | |
Apr 24, 2017 at 19:46 | comment | added | Matthieu M. | Actually, the Dunning-Kruger effect encompasses both meanings. That is, in the absence of a benchmark, experts underestimate their ability and newcommers overestimate it. | |
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Apr 20, 2017 at 18:12 | history | answered | Daegod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |