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How capable are people of judging their own intelligence?
It seems like a lot of people who think they are geniuses are really cranks or crackpots.
For example, in physics many people think they are smarter than Einstein, Newton, and Galileo all put together and they create their own theories of everything. Some of these people have never been to college and struggle with basic algebra but are convinced they are geniuses.
Is this an anomaly or are most people blind to their capability levels.
Aren't there any sane people in here with real psychological knowledge?
3 Answers
- ?Lv 46 years ago
It's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Ignorance of the norms by which a specific skill is judged results in increased confidence in your abilities.
Knowledge of the norms by which a specific skill is judged result in far more realistic assessments, but you can downplay your own skills because you assume everyone else knows the norms by which the skill is judged.
- 6 years ago
HOW CAN U DEFINE GENIUS?
SIMPLE : ITZ NOT SOMETHNG U GOT FROM BIRTH ,SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE HV PROVED THAT ALL GOT SAME BRAIN IT ALL DEPENDS HOW U USE IT AND HOW U DESIGN IT FOR URSELF
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THIS PEOPLE ARE SO SELF CONFIDENCE THAT THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN SURPASS EINSTIEN AN NEWTON WITH WATEVER BASIC KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE
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HERE THERE A CHANCE THEY MIGHT ALSO N THEY MAY NOT ALSO ITZ 50/ 50 PROBABILTY AFTER ALL ALL GREAT SCIENTIST WER DROPOUTS N PLUS THEY TO STRATED THER WORK GETTING BASIC KNOWLEDGE FROM EVERY WER
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FULL KNOWDLEGE OF PHYSICS DOESTNOT DEFINES UR GENIUSNESS
IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW SELF CONFIDENT WE R N HOW WE REALLY DEEPLY INTRESTINGLY TAKE INTREST IN DOING THNGS THIS MAKES U GENIUS
UR INTREST
UR WILL
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THATS WAT MAKE U GENIUS
ALWAYS COMPARE UR BRAIN TO A PET DOG
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