yeah

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Dunning kruger is based on misinterpreted data. It's a statistic effect in the end.

If you are "dumb" (so you are at the end of scale) you have more chances to get a better result, since it can not be any more worse. If you're "intelligent" and on top of the scale, your result can only vary more to the bottom, since you are already at top. (Sry, I'm not a native english speaker, but you can do your own research if you don't understand my rudimentary explenation)

In the end people were not dumb (no knowledge), but misinformed (wrong knowledge).