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Discussion on: Knowing I'm Dumb Is the First Step

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Alex Lohr

The curve itself is an issue, because, as the paper you cited notes, it is also reproducable with static noise (no significant p-value)

I would still disagree, because the Dunning-Kruger-effect is defined as the relation between actual knowledge and confidence, but impostor syndrome is the relation between perceived ignorance of oneself and confidence, so it is not a part of the curve, but some other dimension instead - and actual knowledge and perceived ignorance are exact opposites, as I previously stated.

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Adam Gordon Bell • Edited

Oh interesting. How are perceived ignorance and low confidence different?

Certainly some people seem to think its the same:

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Alex Lohr

It's nowhere on this graph. Since the perceived ignorance is first high, drops steep, and then had its ups and downs.