David Dunning — the Dunning of the Dunning-Kruger Effect — recently discussed the Dunning-Kruger Effect, interviewed by Corey Powell in the Open Mind Podcast. The 2000 Ig Nobel Psychology Prize was awarded to David Dunning of Cornell University and Justin Kruger of the University of Illinois, for their modest report, “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in […]
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New, Added Acclaim for the Dunning-Kruger Effect
The University of Michigan proudly announces the good news about Ig Nobel Prize winners David Dunning [pictured here] and Justin Kruger: Announcement of the New (2023) Prize Dave Dunning Wins the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Scientific Impact Award Dr. David Dunning has won the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) Scientific Impact Award. According […]
How phonies and self-promoters came to rule the world
“Our obsession with money and susceptibility to charisma, over-confidence and surface gloss have propelled us into an age where sham, spin, trickery and twaddle have become the new norms,” writes Shelley Gare, in the Sydney Morning Herald: How phonies and self-promoters came to rule the world … We can’t say we weren’t warned…. Almost 25 […]
The Dunning-Kruger Song
By somewhat popular demand, here’s a video of “The Dunning-Kruger Song”: The song honors the research study “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments,” by David Dunning and Justin Kruger, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 77, no. 6, December 1999, pp. 1121-34. […]

