That's not the Dunning-Kreuger effect. In the original D-K paper, the people who were slightly above average at a skill were the most accurately calibrated, and the people at the top end actually underestimated their ability. It's people who were below-average who tended to overestimate their skill level - the paper is called "Unskilled and Unaware Of It", after all.
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That's not the Dunning-Kreuger effect. In the original D-K paper, the people who were slightly above average at a skill were the most accurately calibrated, and the people at the top end actually underestimated their ability. It's people who were below-average who tended to overestimate their skill level - the paper is called "Unskilled and Unaware Of It", after all.
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