It might be time to debunk the Dunning-Kruger effect. For those who may not be familiar, in the 1990s Cornell University professors David Dunning and Justin Kruger conducted a now-famous experiment to test whether incompetent people were unaware of their incompetence. In the study, the lowest-scoring participants estimated they did better than 62% of everyone else, while the highest-scoring…
If you’re a fan of whodunnit murder mysteries (and even if you aren’t), you’ve likely heard the phrase: the butler did it. It’s shorthand for a seemingly common plot which goes like this: A group of people are invited to a dinner at a wealthy person’s private estate and the wealthy person is killed while…
The old saying ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ may well be true. A recent study of ~200 people in three different countries showed that hobbies make us happier than accomplishments. A paper titled ‘Value Fulfilment and Well-being: Clarifying Directions Over Time’ describes a 9-day research study in which participants from…