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Message: <blockquote data-quote="A-A-ron" data-source="post: 8029406" data-attributes="member: 42854">Dunning-Kruger is when one "lacks the meta-cognitive ability to recognize one's own incompetence."  Please note that I made no claims about my own competence; only an observation about the relative commonality of the apparent skill set.  But let's assume for the purposes of this discussion that I had.In essence, you are correct:  I don't believe that RPG design is all that difficult.  Whether or not that is because I lack personal experience (and am therefore ignorant) is the subject of our disagreement.Let's look at your example for a moment:  Playing a violin.  Despite a complete lack of any personal experience whatsoever, I recognize that playing the violin is an extremely specialized skill.  If I were suffering from Dunning-Kruger, my ignorance should mean that I would "tend to overestimate my own skill at it."  Yet I remain aware that I could NEVER just pick up a violin and play.On the other hand clear writing is not an extremely specialized skill.  Nor is a grasp of basic probability, or understanding the genre in which one is working.  All of these are skills which are commonly used in a variety of other industries.  And while I do not doubt that there are some gifted individuals working in the field of RPG design, the barriers to entry for the field as a whole are extremely low (as evidenced by the sheer number of indie RPGs). Low barriers to entry help to ensure wages stay depressed.Could I be wrong? Of course.  But you're going to have to be a little more specific than just throwing "Dunning-Krueger" at me.TLDR:  I've never run a marathon, but I know I couldn't just do it.  I've never worked as a cashier at Wal-Mart, yet I know I could.  Dunning-Krueger is more than a synonym for ignorance.</blockquote>

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