this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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TranscriptA tweet saying "100k a year to take someone's order at Taco Bell . Totally makes sense.". It has a reply saying "Where the hell did you get that number? If someone's working enough hours to make that on $15 an hour, they deserve it. $15 an hour, a person working 40 a week makes $31,200 a year." the reply has 2 likes.

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[–] RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

The Dunning-Kruger effect suggests that people with limited knowledge or skills in a specific area tend to overestimate their abilities and underestimate the abilities of others. This cognitive bias is often linked to a lack of metacognitive skills, which are necessary to recognize one's own incompetence. Essentially, if someone doesn't know something, they may also not realize they don't know it.