Dunning-Kruger Effect
bias
Summary: Low performers overrate their competence.
Without adequate skill people lack the insight to recognize errors, so they display unjustified confidence.
Pattern prevalence
- Authors: top 0%, bottom 0%, overall 0%
- Publications: top 0.1%, bottom 0.1%, overall 0%
- Articles: top 0%, bottom 0%, overall 0%
Recent example
freed prisoners from the Holocaust camps. “I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology,” Vance said. “If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful.” Vance’s attack drew accusations on social
Recent articles
WTF: Fox Guest Wearing FULL MASK ON AIR??? 0%
Breaking Points - 5/22/2026, 6:00 PM
Confirmation Bias 51.5% - Anecdotal 37.5% - Negativity Bias 26.2%
So, last little segment here, uh, that we got before we pitched to Ryan's interview that he recorded yesterday. Um, I'm going full conspiracy theorist on this. I fully bought into the plot. I don't know what the plot is, but I'm going to tee this up and show you guys what came across my Twitter feed yesterday. I ended up posting about... more
'Clock is Ticking:' Trump issues stark warning for Iran if peace deal is not reached 55.1%
One America News Network - By Addie Davis - 5/17/2026, 12:22 PM
Negativity Bias 66.4% - Recency Bias 51.1% - Biased Writer Voice 27.5%
President Donald Trump again warned Iran of the stark consequences for the Islamic Republic if a permanent peace deal is not reached. “‘For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!’ Trump posted to Truth Social on Sunday. Since a fragile ceasefire was... more
Trump says the US will go into Iran and get its enriched uranium 97.3%
Associated Press - 4/18/2026, 12:10 AM
Burden of Proof 77.6% - Availability Heuristic 52.4% - Overconfidence Bias 44.2%
You'll be very happy. The USA will get all nuclear dust. You know what the nuclear dust is? That was that white powdery substance created by our B-2 bombers, those great B-2 bombers, late one evening. Seven months ago, no money will exchange hands in any way, shape, or form. And somebody said, "How are we going to get the nuclear dust?"... more
‘Popesplaining’ Vance out of depth in argument over whether Iran is a just war 48%
The Guardian - By Peter Beaumont - 4/17/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 28.7% - Biased Writer Voice 21.2% - Appeal to Authority 20.6%
The contrast in experience between the two men disagreeing over war and theology was striking. On the one side was Pope Leo XIV, the first North American to head the Catholic church and the first cleric from the Augustinian order, who this week visited the modern Algerian city where Saint Augustine once lived. For Leo, who wrote his... more
Megyn Kelly slams Sydney Sweeney for 'sexualizing infancy' with Euphoria baby scene 40.6%
Daily Mail Online - By Sophie Gable - 4/15/2026, 11:59 PM
Negativity Bias 45.1% - Anecdotal 22.5% - Biased Writer Voice 16.4%
Megyn Kelly lashed out at Sydney Sweeney while discussing a controversial clip of her Euphoria character dressed as a baby while filming OnlyFans content. The first episode of the show's third season dropped on Sunday and fans have criticized the hyper sexual depictions of its female characters. A trailer for the entire season depicts... more
Radicals are plotting an ignorant and dangerous takeover of the LAPD 67.8%
California Post - By Heather Mac Donald - 4/10/2026, 3:31 AM
Negativity Bias 25.4% - Biased Writer Voice 25% - Indoctrination 14.8%
The Defund the Police movement lives on in the LA City Council, only now it flies under the banner of democratic control. The council’s most left-wing members seek to transfer crime-fighting authority from law enforcement experts to the council and the city controller. These would-be police overlords might want to familiarize themselves... more
Epstein used his ties to Nobel laureate scientists to try to rebuild his image 0%
NPR - By Scott Neuman, Ava Berger - 3/9/2026, 7:33 PM
Some 100 feet below the ocean's surface, Stephen Hawking peeked through the circular porthole of a submarine and saw the brilliant blue tropical water. It was March 2006, and the famous astrophysicist, accompanied by one of his ever-present nurses, sat strapped in his wheelchair, enjoying the view of coral reefs and colorful fish off the... more
Arboretum in Baxter debuts new forest skating trail: ‘If we build it, they will come’ 0%
MPR News - By Kirsti Marohn - 12/20/2025, 1:00 PM
Imagine following a winding path through snowy woods … but instead of wearing snowshoes or cross-country skis, you’re gliding on ice skates. That's the concept behind a new forest ice skating trail opening in the Brainerd Lakes Area, believed to be the first of its kind in Minnesota. The trail at the Northland Arboretum in Baxter winds... more