Loading ...This story can explain a lot about why everything is so screwed up. Assuming the “handicapped” people and their votes and opinions, and results, far outnumber the smarter people’s influences. Or Trump lovers versus Trump haters. Who is the President of the Mass Media? That leads the nation in how to behave and how and what to think? He can’t possible be too smart.
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How many people do you know who are absolutely, positively sure of themselves, yet are about as wrong as they could possibly be? Based purely on anecdotal evidence you could come to the conclusion that morons are the most confident in themselves, yet geniuses are often the most doubtful about their abilities.
That’s why the tendency for idiots to be confident and geniuses to be unsure is now known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
What does this have to do with you?
My bet is, if you are reading a book about how to improve your confidence, you suffer from an abundance of intelligence, not a lack of ability. Your lack of confidence may come from too much smart.
Idiots aren’t smart enough to realize they shouldn’t be so confident. They lack the ability to accurately gauge their own abilities.
Smart people who could use some more confidence are that way because they lack the ability to accurately gauge others’ abilities as compared to their own.