The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them ...

People overestimate their own abilities. Why do incompetent people end up in positions of power? A team of researchers led by Stanford University’s Shilaan Alzahawi thinks it has at least part ...

In other words, people underestimate how long a task ... the time it will take to complete tasks because we overestimate our ...