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most citedSome scientific knowledge is a dangerous thing: overconfidence grows non-linearly with knowledge

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physics.ed-ph2019★ 42 cited

Some scientific knowledge is a dangerous thing: overconfidence grows non-linearly with knowledge

Simone Lackner, Frederico Francisco, Cristina Mendonça +2

Overconfidence is a prevalent problem and particularly consequential in its relation with scientific knowledge: being unaware of one`s own ignorance can affect behaviours and threa…