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joep schuurkes Nov 26, 2023

I knew the Dunning-Kruger effect wasn't valid, but thanks to this post I finally understand why: "The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation"
https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/

The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation – Economics from the Top Down

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Stephan

@joeposaurus Thanks for sharing this. I find it pretty remarkable that it took so long to figure this out. — And it makes me wonder what other (more or less) famous/seminal papers are flawed in one way or another. Or any paper for that matter.