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<blockquote data-quote="rknop" data-source="post: 8029264" data-attributes="member: 20176">Also, Dunning-Kruger : there are two parts to it.&nbsp; One part is that somebody who is really good at something, particularly somebody who is highly experienced and trained (although I hate that word) tends to think that what they are able to do is easier than it really is.&nbsp; Those folks tend to de-value their own abilities, because they think that more people have them than really do.The flip side is that people who have very little experience and very little skill at something tend to overestimate their own skill at it.&nbsp; Again, the result is that they think that more people should be able to do those things than are really able to do them, because how hard could it be after all?You seem to think that you -- or anybody who's an above average writer -- could sit down and write an RPG that other people would want to buy.&nbsp; This is exactly how Dunning-Kruger works.&nbsp; Almost by definition, the people falling for it won't believe it's Dunning-Kruger, because they have misestimated how good they are at something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rknop, post: 8029264, member: 20176"] Also, Dunning-Kruger : there are two parts to it. One part is that somebody who is really good at something, particularly somebody who is highly experienced and trained (although I hate that word) tends to think that what they are able to do is easier than it really is. Those folks tend to de-value their own abilities, because they think that more people have them than really do. The flip side is that people who have very little experience and very little skill at something tend to overestimate their own skill at it. Again, the result is that they think that more people should be able to do those things than are really able to do them, because how hard could it be after all? You seem to think that you -- or anybody who's an above average writer -- could sit down and write an RPG that other people would want to buy. This is exactly how Dunning-Kruger works. Almost by definition, the people falling for it won't believe it's Dunning-Kruger, because they have misestimated how good they are at something. [/QUOTE]

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