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That's a long way to write dunning Kruger
Good news! They mention it right in the article.
We found that people are generally overconfident in their political knowledge, especially those who truly don’t know much about politics (the classic Dunning-Kruger effect),” the researchers detailed. The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with limited knowledge in a specific area greatly overestimate their own competence, often because they lack the expertise needed to recognize their own mistakes.
That's roughly what I was going to say.
I think the reason it affects conservatives more is due to their upbringing. They're told that they must not talk back to their parents. Parents are always right. Preachers are always right.
Conservative children are brought up to parrot back what they're told and never think about things themselves. So of course they become adults who 100% believe they're right but don't care about facts, logic, or the truth.
My ex is the most infuriating type of cognitive dissonance I've ever experienced. She's quite liberal, but she voted for Trump in 2016 (we were divorced by election day) because she thought he was "fun."
More frustrations ensued. She'd tell the boys (6 and 7 when we met) about how often she skipped school. I was livid. And she's shocked -- SHOCKED -- that one of them dropped out of high school years later.
Atop all this, she was very clear in her praise for them coming up with her ideas. So proud that she'd raised them not to think on their own.
It's not just conservatives.
Yeah, it's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Hey it’s my folks and my in-laws… 😑
Meta Labs. Certainly these findings won't be used for furthering the billionaire and techbro agenda. 👀
Hey, that's the people who disagree with me.
Every time I read “far left” in threadiverse.
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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