 ‘Ne supra crepidiam judicaret,” meaning, ‘Let him not criticize above the sandal.’ Apelles Ultracrepidarianism is the giving of opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge. A real danger in aging. Closely followed by the Dunning-Kruger effect. The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability. It is related to the cognitive bias of illusory superiority and comes from people's inability to recognize their lack of ability. Without the self-awareness of metacognition, people cannot objectively evaluate their level of competence. From Wikipedia  Given the above, what can one be sure about? Not much. On the other hand, quite a bit we remember the shoemaker folly.
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What's on your "I know how to" list? David |
