1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auGizmodo Internationalhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/gizmodointernational/Self-Proclaimed Experts Often Claim To Know More Than They Really Dorich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xhvtJNlFy2"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/11/self-proclaimed-experts-often-claim-to-know-more-than-they-really-do/">Self-Proclaimed Experts Often Claim To Know More Than They Really Do</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/11/self-proclaimed-experts-often-claim-to-know-more-than-they-really-do/embed/#?secret=xhvtJNlFy2" width="600" height="338" title="“Self-Proclaimed Experts Often Claim To Know More Than They Really Do” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="xhvtJNlFy2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/24/1532204014077256264.gif?quality=75800430Fifteen years ago, psychologists showed that the most incompetent people are the worst at recognising their own incompetence, confirming what most of us already suspected. Now it turns out that even highly competent people may lay claim to more knowledge than they actually possess.