You Are Not So Smart is a blog devoted to self delusion and irrational thinking.
There’s a lot of research out there suggesting you have no idea why you act or think the way you do.
It feels awful to accept such things, so you create narratives to explain your own feelings and behavior.
On the Dunning-Kruger Effect
Have you ever wondered why people with advanced degrees in climate science or biology don’t get online and debate global warming or evolution? Yet, people without a degree in psychology will write 1,200 words about a psychological bias.
The less you know about a subject, the less you believe there is to know in total. Only once you have some experience do you start to recognize the breadth and depth you have yet to plunder.