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New essay explores thrust versus steer and the Dunning-Kruger effect

Original: Thrust vs. Steer (or: Yet Another Anecdotal Case of the Dunning-Kruger Effect) https://write.as/tmcb/thrust-vs-steer-or-

A blog essay titled 'Thrust vs. Steer (or: Yet Another Anecdotal Case of the Dunning-Kruger Effect)' is being shared in technology and psychology circles. The piece uses an anecdote to illustrate how people can overestimate their own competence, with an apparent angle on AI. Readers are circulating it as a relatable example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in practice.

Why now: Readers find anecdotes illustrating the Dunning-Kruger effect, particularly with an AI angle, entertaining and shareable.

Dunning-Kruger effecttmcb (write.as blog)

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• Thrust vs. Steer (or: Yet Another Anecdotal Case of the Dunning-Kruger Effect) https://write.as/tmcb/thrust-vs-steer-or-yet-another-anecdotal-case-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect # Tech # Psychology # AI · lobsters@robot.villas · 4

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