Ohh maybe that’s true if the Dunning-Krueger effect is true! I’m not confident that it is. That’s as a result of me not having looked into the evidence for it, though, so I might need to update my view upon further reading.
If we should give credence though to some claim a witness, expert or otherwise, is making, I do wonder: if the Dunning-Krueger effect is true what the foundation for our assessment of the credibility of their witness testimony would be. I dont think we should simply believe purported experts on the basis of credentials, degrees, published papers, or any other marker of ‘expertness,’; rather, belief should be granted on the basis of the ability to accurately asses their claims. So, if a psychologist were to tell me that the Dunning-Krueger effect is real and I lack the expertise sufficient to asses that claim and, believing in the effect, don’t overvalue my limited knowledge, I’m not sure where sufficient credence would come from for me to have a rational foundation for belief in what they’re telling me.
Ohh maybe that’s true if the Dunning-Krueger effect is true! I’m not confident that it is. That’s as a result of me not having looked into the evidence for it, though, so I might need to update my view upon further reading.
If we should give credence though to some claim a witness, expert or otherwise, is making, I do wonder: if the Dunning-Krueger effect is true what the foundation for our assessment of the credibility of their witness testimony would be. I dont think we should simply believe purported experts on the basis of credentials, degrees, published papers, or any other marker of ‘expertness,’; rather, belief should be granted on the basis of the ability to accurately asses their claims. So, if a psychologist were to tell me that the Dunning-Krueger effect is real and I lack the expertise sufficient to asses that claim and, believing in the effect, don’t overvalue my limited knowledge, I’m not sure where sufficient credence would come from for me to have a rational foundation for belief in what they’re telling me.
I might be misunderstanding, though. Let me know!