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The Dunning-Kruger effect is not real
(economicsfromthetopdown.com)
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You're going to have to explain this in a more digestible way if you want most people to understand it
They can't... The article is wrong, focusing on mathematical artifacts and missing the whole point.
If one's actual ability is 0, any minuscule amount of perceived ability is an overestimation. Same thing if your actual ability is 100%, it's impossible to overestimate your ability (only underestimation is possible). Resulting in the DK effect.
Look at the chart in the article. Let's say actual ability is x and perceived ability is y. The graph effectively asks us to compare the difference between perceived ability and actual ability, which we can write as y-x. Thus, the chart effectively graphs y-x over x, which can be written as -x+y over x. There is always a strong correlation unless y approximates x.
IMO, the conclusion of that analysis should be "Dunning−Kruger is a truism", not "Dunning−Kruger doesn't exist".