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The Dunning-Kruger Effect is Autocorrelation – Economics from the Top Down (economicsfromthetopdown.com)
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"...if you carefully craft random data so that it does not contain a Dunning-Kruger effect, you will still find the effect. The reason turns out to be embarrassingly simple: the Dunning-Kruger effect has nothing to do with human psychology. It is a statistical artifact — a stunning example of autocorrelation."

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