Have you ever been with someone at the coffee shop or restaurant and they knew how to fix a government problem based on their personal knowledge of the subject? They may have read a portion of the local newspaper article or driven by the project and they now understand more about the issue than the engineers, planners and managers who developed the project. The illusion of knowledge is when people mistake their personal knowledge for a deep understanding of the problem.
The "illusion of knowledge" is the when people think they have a better understanding of something than they actually do. This leads them to think they are more skilled or knowledgeable than they actually are and this permits them to have greater confidence about information than the facts justify. Truth is not defined by how many people believe something but by the proper application of fact. Still, people allow superfluous or idiosyncratic knowledge to create a confidence that tends to overrule statistics and facts.
The "illusion of knowledge" is the when people think they have a better understanding of something than they actually do. This leads them to think they are more skilled or knowledgeable than they actually are and this permits them to have greater confidence about information than the facts justify. Truth is not defined by how many people believe something but by the proper application of fact. Still, people allow superfluous or idiosyncratic knowledge to create a confidence that tends to overrule statistics and facts.
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