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This is related to a different effect, which is even more dangerous than DK.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Fox_effect

Humans cannot evaluate competence objectively without formal performance testing. (And sometimes not even then.)

But we can evaluate confidence, charm, persuasiveness, and social proof.

So we tend to use them as a proxy, and choose leaders who lack competence but can demonstrate them, over leaders with genuine competence who can't.

This is a very bad thing, and possibly the single biggest cause of political, social, and economic problems in our history.



The Dr. Fox Effect should be called the Lacan effect since he pushed it to the limit.




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