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Science and Nature

Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

Trying to Land a Plane (to Prove a Point)

Season 10 Episode 8 | 17m 59s | CC

You may not be an expert, but perhaps you feel pretty confident that you could ride a motorcycle, or give someone a decent haircut - if you absolutely had to - right? Not so much, according to the psychological phenomenon known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Turns out we’re all at risk of being overconfident about something.

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