In the world of today, the biggest misconception that people frequently fall into is the one of equating knowledge with understanding.
However there is a huge difference between the two and that difference is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
Dunning-Kruger effect states that individuals who are not sufficiently knowledgeable in a particular area cannot even recognize their own lack of competence in that area.
They don’t know what they don’t know. Along with that, they think that they are much more capable, intelligent, or skilled than they actually are.
Our time has turned out to be an ideal arena for the staging of this effect.
Those who watch a couple of short videos and in no time declare themselves as experts of the topic…
Those who get acquainted with three concepts and then start advising everyone without thinking twice…
Those who keep talking without ever stopping to think or question…
They all have one thing in common: Ignorance is behaving like confidence.
Knowledge, on the other hand, does not make a noise.
It is profound.
Moreover, it is never completely sure of itself because the very first step of wisdom is to recognize how much you don’t know.
That’s the reason why smart and powerful people don’t affirm everything that they know.
They inquire as learning always starts with questions.
At the same time, some others take answers as wisdom.
The Dunning–Kruger Effect is a reminder that:
Nothing shows ignorance more than to think that you are an expert.
Nothing shows more wisdom than to have the courage to doubt yourself.
It is a communication era we live in where everyone is talking but very few are thinking.
Many people think that they know, but very few actually learn.
It is a fact that everyone wants to be seen, but very few work on themselves to be worthy of being seen.
So if you truly want to grow in any area, start by asking yourself:
“Do I really know or am I just too shallow to notice that I don’t?”
Answering this question takes courage.
This is because wisdom is not the work of the ego it is the work of the awareness.
And remember:
The more the mind deepens, the more silent confidence grows.