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DK says that skilled people tend to underestimate their skill while unskilled people tend to overestimate their skill. This is likely a statistical artifact.

IS says that people tend to overestimate their own skill compared to how other people estimate their skill. This seems likely true on average but not necessarily in all cases.



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