# The Dunning-Kruger effect, joint research by Professor Justin Kruger, is referenced

1 Faculty News November 29, 2018 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from the [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/opinion/maga-trump-manufacturing.html)-- "The answer, probably, is the Dunning-Kruger effect: inept people are often confident in their abilities, because they’re too inept to know how badly they’re doing."

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