how to eat food http://www.howtoeatfood.com/u/jaw/incompetence 2010-03-31T08:46:20-04:00 how to eat food Damn Interesting • Unskilled and Unaware of It 0803840417bd79eafa3e0d6c07a77084 2010-03-31T08:46:20-04:00 2010-03-31T08:46:20-04:00 jaw Damn Interesting • Unskilled and Unaware of It Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments ee0fa6177a0c348040eacc9367387929 2009-02-08T09:11:06-05:00 2009-02-08T09:11:06-05:00 jaw Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.