# Questions to ponder.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582 "2016-09-22T16:13:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582/1 "2016-09-22T16:13:42Z")

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How do we know that Dunning and Kruger are not themselves victims of the Dunning–Kruger effect?

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582/2 "2016-09-22T16:21:29Z")

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[Stigler’s Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler's_law_of_eponymy), that things don’t get named after the person who discovered it, wasn’t first stated by Stigler.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582/3 "2016-09-22T16:27:06Z")

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They are. We all are.

The Dunning-Kruger effect is, AFAIK, something that affects everyone in their areas of incompetence. (The real question is, does it affect in you in areas that are really important for your or other people’s lives?)

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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582/4 "2016-09-22T16:36:03Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> How do we know that Dunning and Kruger are not themselves victims of the Dunning–Kruger effect?

I haven’t studied the issue, but I’m certain they’re not.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ponder/766582/5 "2016-09-22T17:11:31Z")

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Who the hell are these two clowns and what the hell do they know anyway?