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The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger Effect: “the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically
think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge”.
“Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the
bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly
overestimated their test performance and ability. Although test scores
put them in the 12th percentile, they estimated themselves to be in the
62nd. Meanwhile, people with true knowledge tended to underestimate
their competence.”
(via Kottke)
That is a very interesting study.
Shakespeare once wrote, ‘The fool doth think himself wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.’
Socrates also said “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
I’ve heard that type of saying also echoed by many Islamic scholars. Only once you start to learn do you realize your learning is but a drop in the ocean.