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Why Do Beginners Make No Mistakes

at 19:32

From the episode: Why We Get Things Wrong, Predicting the Actions of Others and Buying Daffodils with David Dunning

Answer

When starting to work on anything, most people start appropriately uncomfortable, unsure of what they don't know. This helps beginners to pay close attention and avoid mistakes. But with a little knowledge under their belt, their confidence explodes to the point where they think they know what to do, but they don't actually know, and that's where the mistakes start to seep through.

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