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Wikipedia Definition of Dunning-Kruger
The Dunning–Kruger effect is defined as the tendency of people with low ability in a specific area to give overly positive assessments of this ability.[2][3][4] This is often seen as a cognitive bias, i.e. as a systematic tendency to engage in erroneous forms of thinking and judging.[5][6][7] In the case of the Dunning–Kruger effect, this applies mainly to people with low skill in a specific area trying to evaluate their competence within this area. The systematic error concerns their tendency to greatly overestimate their competence, i.e. to see themselves as more skilled than they are.[5]
The Dunning–Kruger effect is usually defined specifically for the self-assessments of people with a low level of competence.[8][5][9] But some theorists do not restrict it to the bias of people with low skill, also discussing the reverse effect, i.e., the tendency of highly skilled people to underestimate their abilities relative to the abilities of others.[2][4][9] In this case, the source of the error may not be the self-assessment of one’s skills, but an overly positive assessment of the skills of others.[2] This phenomenon can be understood as a form of the false-consensus effect, i.e., the tendency to “overestimate the extent to which other people share one’s beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours”.[10][2][9]
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities, or those with high competence, underestimate their abilities. It was popularized by a paper published by Justin Kruger and David Dunning in 1999.
Numerous similar studies have been done. The effect is measured by comparing self-assessment with objective performance. Participants take a quiz, and then have to estimate their performance afterward. Their self assessment is then compared to their actual results. The original study focused on logical reasoning, grammar, and social skills. Other studies have been conducted across a wide range of tasks. They include skills from fields such as business, politics, medicine, driving, aviation, spatial memory, examinations in school, and literacy.
How this impacts on KFC is Professional or immature leaders (as opposed to Titus Elders) who run churches based on dumbed-down sentimental Christian ideas.
Often these young men tend to overestimate their spiritual and theological skill and power, yet set out to control and lead churches. Passive and disinterested older men have abdicated church leadership roles to these people.
Titus Elders (read Titus 1) who are supposed to rule local churches are largely absent.
