Gromit37 wrote: The If you can't do any of those, Darwin gets another brownie point. It isn't fun or pretty, but eventually it works. Monkeys occasionally fall out of trees, but they still swing about up there.
The level of the lowest common denominator needs raising.
Really? How do you suggest that is achieved?
Do expert drivers have a reduced illusion of superiority?
Andrea E. Waylena,
Mark S. Horswillb, , ,
Jane L. Alexanderc,
Frank P. McKennac
Abstract
It is well established that people tend to rate themselves as better than average across many domains. To maintain these illusions, it is suggested that people distort feedback about their own and others’ performance. This study examined expert/novice differences in self-ratings when people compared themselves with others of the same level of expertise and background as themselves. Given that a key expert characteristic is increased self-monitoring, we predicted that experts in a domain may have a reduced illusion of superiority because they are more aware of their actual ability. We compared expert police drivers with novice police drivers and found that this prediction was not supported. Expert police drivers rated themselves as superior to equally qualified drivers, to the same degree as novices, Cohen’s d = .03 ns. Despite their extensive additional training and experience, experts still appear to be as susceptible to illusions of superiority as everyone else.
http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/13822/
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