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There are disagreements about the Dunning–Kruger effect's magnitude and practical consequences. Inaccurate self-assessment can lead people to make bad decisions, such as choosing a career for which they are unfit or engaging in dangerous behavior. It may also inhibit the affected from addressing their shortcomings to improve themselves.
 
Some more recent authors come to a different conclusion entirely: They put forward the position that the Dunning-Kruger effect is actually not a real effect, and in fact arises from a statistical misunderstanding/error in the original paper {{sfn|Blair Fix|2022|pp=[https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2022/04/08/the-dunning-kruger-effect-is-autocorrelation/]}}{{sfn|Gignac|Zajenkowski|2020}}
 
== Definition ==