# Professor Justin Kruger's joint research on self-perception is referenced

1 Faculty News August 3, 2017 ![HR Digest logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/hrdigestlogo192x144.jpg?itok=S9kjaszO)>

Excerpt from [HR Digest](https://www.thehrdigest.com/3-signs-youre-educated-not-smart/) -- "According to the Dunning-[Kruger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/justin-kruger) effect, smart people realize they’re not very good and try to do better. On the other hand, stupid people think they’re good at whatever it is, and don’t try to get better and they don’t get any better either."

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