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

1 Faculty News November 14, 2017 ![Salon logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/salon-logo.jpg?itok=bcLmPlsV)>

Excerpt from [Salon](https://www.salon.com/2017/11/14/one-year-later-how-do-we-resist-donald-trumps-malignant-reality/) -- "This is a psychological phenomenon where the least knowledgeable and most ignorant persons about a given subject are most likely to assert their expertise about it. Trump's repeated claims to be 'smart' and 'intelligent' are an example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in practice."

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