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Dunning-Kruger (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Darn that science, keep that liberal where it belongs, in the humanities.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“It’s basic biology” mfs when advanced biology

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (5 children)

it is basic biology, ie biology simplified to teach a kid in middle school. the thing is sciences don't stop at middle school level. a lot of university education is about clarifying that things you learned before were simplified to the point that they're practically useless if not outright wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

People who see gender as a F or M binary in 2025 are willingly ignorant to the bone.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Dunning-Kruger reminds me of this one president and his cabinet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Go Stephanie!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Reading the discussions and some of the disagreements, a correction is needed to be more precise.

Some XX people will be Assigned Male At Birth. Some XY people will be Assigned Female At Birth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Some XX people live their entire lives as men without ever knowing otherwise, and the same happens with XY individuals living as women. Even having children won't reveal the apparent discrepancy, unless they need certain tests done.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I agree with Dr. Jey McCreight on the science.

But for determining truth, both sides are wrong here.

Dunning-Kruger is bad, but so is credentialism and appeal to authority.

Many people with PhD's have had Dunning-Kruger. Someone else mentioned Ben Carson being great at neurosurgery, but not politics.

A PhD doesn't make you infallible.

I am saying this as someone who is taking graduate-level courses and will be pursuing my PhD. When I'm correct, it's not because my future PhD causes reality to magically conform to my opinions - it's because I rigorously looked at the evidence, logic, and formed my own conclusion that better aligns with reality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Okay but what is good engagement against "follow the science" aside from "I literally DO the science"? Dr. McCreight offered a point and was met with "nuh uh" so at that point it can hardly be called an argument or debate. Do those fallacies honestly matter at that point when one refuses to engage with tangible points of discussion?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (3 children)

You can even be incorrect on a subject you have expertise in.

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[–] [email protected] 167 points 3 days ago (14 children)

Confidently incorrect is the default with these people. I spend most of my time with family aggressively correcting misinformation about my field and related ones. They will die earlier thinking they know more because of Youtube. Getting them to stop taking bad health advice and mystery joint injections from a fucking chiropractor is the latest battle.

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