The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The most ignorant are not those who know nothing, but those who know just a little.
A slight knowledge can grant the illusion of competence. This kills curiosity and closes the mind.
A test for "Mount Stupid": "What condition must be true?" https://t.co/24M6XVayPV
If you make lists of lofty goals, it can be easy to leave them to accumulate, as happens sometimes, into a mountain of to-do ’s and notes and half-forgotten plans. Dreaming alone is seductive, even a little sweet, since it lacks the pain of trying. So it feels proper to prize attempts more than dreams. You should have ideals, but you cannot only lo... See more