The Dunning-Kruger effect has taken hold of the collective Internet hive-mind over the last 20 years. In just about every Discord group I’m active in, subreddit I’ve actively followed, or social network I’ve engaged with, someone at some point has brought up how inexperienced amateurs confidently believe they are more intelligent on a topic than life-long experts in the field. If you aren’t familiar with the Dunning-Kruger effect, allow me to quickly explain with all the conviction of someone who barely understands the math behind the concept. Like a person who has never watched Citizen Kane declaring that the 1941 film is a cinematic masterpiece, I will now tell you how the Dunning-Kruger effect explains the entirety of human social interactions…. Heh. Just kidding. I wouldn’t dare do that. All I know about Dunning-Kruger is summed up in the chart below. I stole this image from Addy Bhardwaj – go check out their article on the topic. The Dunning-Kruger effect…