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What is The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon?

I noticed this a while ago when I started driving a certain type of truck.  Every hear of “The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon”? It’s a phenomenon where a person stumbles upon a new word, concept, or piece of information, and then soon after, encounters the same thing multiple times in a short period of time. It’s also…

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What is the Dunning-Kruger effect?

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people who are unskilled or lack knowledge in a particular area overestimate their ability and competence. It’s named after the two psychologists, David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who first described the effect in a 1999 study. The reason for this effect is that people who are unskilled…