BEWARE OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING AND ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR SCREAMING IGNORANCE! MÉFIEZ VOUS DES GENS QUI CROIENT TOUT SAVOIR ET N’ONT PAS CONSCIENCE DE LEUR CRIARDE IGNORANCE!
English version There is a famous adage that reminds us that true wisdom begins precisely when one admits the extent of one’s ignorance. Ultra-crepidarianism is the unfortunate habit of giving one’s opinion on subjects for which we have no credible or proven competence. The Dunning-Kruger effect is this very real cognitive bias, documented in psychology, which shows that the least qualified people in a field tend to greatly overestimate their skills. In fact, they lack the very knowledge that would allow them to realize how wrong they are. Conversely, the mark of true experts is often humility. The more we dig into a subject, the more we become aware of its complexity and all the nuances that still escape us. The pretension of omniscience is often the mask of a superficial reflection. The self-proclaimed experts on whom CBON relies, can no longer even amuse us. The genius that is Geoffroy Foumboula Libeka thinks that he can sweep away a legitimate democratic concern with a rhetorical q...
