DK for me is simply: "You don't know what you don't know." When that happens, it's easy - surprise, surprise! - to misjudge your skill level. In a way, it almost feels cruel to ask someone with too few points of reference to say how much they know. The fact is whether high, low, or in the middle...they are guessing.
On the other hand, with enough experience the depth and breadth of your context improves, as it should. At that point, mis-self-assessment is the result of arrogance, bravado, etc. That's a different problem than simply not knowing.
If nothing else, DK has a case of apple v oranges.
On the other hand, with enough experience the depth and breadth of your context improves, as it should. At that point, mis-self-assessment is the result of arrogance, bravado, etc. That's a different problem than simply not knowing.
If nothing else, DK has a case of apple v oranges.