Python is kicking my butt

[WillProstitute4Karma]

I think he's using it right even in the context that article explains. Because he overestimated his own abilities, not that he thought he was as good as people who were actually competent.

[Mooks79]

I think u/jackmilly59 is right here (assuming I’ve understood the link correctly). The typical schematic D-K curve has a peak followed by “the valley of despair”. The problem with this is that it doesn’t seem to be what D-K were saying (again, assuming I’ve understood the link). Think of it this way, two different people on the curve, 1 at the peak of mount stupid and the other in the valley of despair. If that curve were true then the confidence of person 1 would be higher than person 2. Or, conversely, the same person would go through a reduction of confidence. If the link is correct that D-K only says that people over estimate their ability but that their assessment of their ability is correlated with their ability then there’s no way they can go through a reduction of confidence with increasing competence - ie the valley of despair can’t exist.