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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in psychology that examines the relationship between individuals’ actual competence in a specific domain and their self-assessment of that competence. First proposed in 1999 by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger, the theory posits that individuals with limited knowledge or skill in a particular area tend to overestimate their performance and abilities. Conversely, individuals with high competence in the relevant domain may underesti