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Article originally published in The California Tech, January 26, 2015Why do smart individuals form stupid organizations?Casey HandmerThe Dunning-Kruger effect can be paraphrased as “too stupi…

Article originally published in The California Tech, January 26, 2015 Why do smart individuals form stupid organizations? Casey Handmer The Dunning-Kruger effect can be paraphrased as “too stupid to realize it.” In more depth, an individual displaying the Dunning-Kruger effect is so ignorant of their ignorance, their self-assessed competence is wildly discordant with reality. Everyone displays this effect to some extent in areas beyond their interests or expertise, but examples of universal affliction are mercilessly rare, especially at an institution like Caltech, and especially n

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