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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">Incompetent people tend to see themselves as not just competent, but highly competent. So, at any rate, holds the theory of the 'Dunning-Kruger effect,' previously featured here on Open Culture. But does the converse also hold: do highly competent people tend to see themselves as incompetent? Open Culture, openculture.com</p>
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