:
“People tend to hold overly favorable views of their
abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors
suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people
who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only
do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate
choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive
ability to realize it.”
[ via
langreiter
]