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Have you ever heard of the effect?

Generally, it is understood as

"a claim about general overconfidence of people with low intelligence" [wikipedia]

This actually isn't, what the original study said, but it is still what most people think, when they hear the term.

However, in my personal experience (anecdotal evidence) I find the most extreme levels of unfounded overconfidence about one's expertise concerning almost every aspect of life concentrated

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in representatives of certain professions:

* teachers
* economists
* programmers ("software engineers" as they call themselves)
* physicists
* mathematicians
* lawyers
* MDs
* politicians

What do you think?

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@mina

Si he visto esa exagerada confianza en mis colegas físicos. Afortunadamente* yo no soy así, solo es que soy extremadamente capaz.

*Alerta de chiste malo

@gabriel

Ya sabía que vos eras la excepción. 😎

Siempre hay.

@mina 😜 a veces me da penita decir que soy físico.... es que los colegas no ayudan, realmente.

Mina

@gabriel

Te entiendo tan, pero tan bien.

Por el otro lado, la ciencia en sí es fascinante.