2010-04-27

Superiority Complex Through The Dunning-Kruger Effect

The Dunning-Kruger effect.

You know the type.

Not sure if this classifies as DKE but years ago there was a soccer player on our high school team who basically thought he was DiStefano-Maradona-Pele-Baggio-Messi rolled into one. We were a team of "stars" who played elsewhere in higher leagues and in comes this nobody who filled out a roster spot speaking highly of his own skills. No one listens to guys like that until they prove it. It didn't take long into the warm up to see he was full of shit. He rode pine the whole season - as he deserved - only to come in to replace an injured player or in a blow out.

As one team mate guy put it, "coach, why don't you put Gretzky in? We're up 5-0!"

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