This is a behavioral bias that isn't often discussed in finance.

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You learn more every day!  This article discusses the Dunning-Kruger Effect.  This is kind of new to me.

It goes like this.  If you are really bad at something, you can not see it yourself that you are really bad.  

And, the better we are at something, the more we can see our need to improve.

To that I ask, my wife always says I am a bad driver, but I think she is wrong.  Is this the Dunning-Kruger Effect....?  Naw....

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