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They aren't smart enough to realize they need to be smarter.
So very true...they don't realize that they know almost nothing until their 20s, generally, somewhere around the time they run head-first into really, truly being responsible for themselves (and possibly others).
Right.
Most people reading hour Answers will probably have heard of “The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.” I.E. ‘you don’t know what you don’t know.’
That's certainly true, and with the distance of some years it's PAINFULLY clear how completely that describes people from about age 13 until...well, usually at least 10 years later. Sometimes more.
The former President is a perfect example of someone who thinks he knows more than he does & thinks he thinks better than he does. And was gifted by his father with so much money as to cripple his ability to face the consequences of his mistakes.
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So very true...they don't realize that they know almost nothing until their 20s, generally, somewhere around the time they run head-first into really, truly being responsible for themselves (and possibly others).
Right.Most people reading hour Answers will probably have heard of “The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities.” I.E. ‘you don’t know what you don’t know.’
That's certainly true, and with the distance of some years it's PAINFULLY clear how completely that describes people from about age 13 until...well, usually at least 10 years later. Sometimes more.
The former President is a perfect example of someone who thinks he knows more than he does & thinks he thinks better than he does. And was gifted by his father with so much money as to cripple his ability to face the consequences of his mistakes.
