How do I prevent myself from being a crank in areas I know little about? (opens in new tab)

Covers TIL that the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias where people with low ability at a task overestimate their ability because they lack the self-awareness t...Discussed on Hacker News

My background is in mathematics and physics, so it is relatively easy for me to by glance judging whether something is a legitimate paper or someone’s “personal theories” about mathematics and phys...

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