I don't have a background in psychology or sociology (academically) but they are subjects that interest me.
I was introduced to DK by pop psychology, especially in business management contexts.
The reason I wanted you to comment on the viral graphs was because I was trying to triangulate our disagreement.
Turns out that there is a ton of misinformation about DK. Kind of ironic given the topic of this thread, but especially because it long predates LLMs. If anything it hints why LLMs are confidently incorrect, since the internet is full of it.
The reason why what I was saying is not self evident is because I was making a logic error, specifically ecological fallacy.
Also sort of ironic, I managed to get to the root of this using an LLM.
Part of me suspects psychology is your domain, and you may be an academic or at least have some graduate experience. The way you engaged with me is maybe the way you've been conditioned to act in these situations.
There's good reasons for why you responded the way you did. Part of me wants you to know that I would have really appreciated it if you had said something like "while I dont take issue with the claim that competence increases with time, it doesn't mean the DK relationship is time based, as there could other conflating factors." Also "I looked at those graphs and they don't match what the DK paper claims, that looks like pop psychogy and I can't confirm it has a scientific basis".
Or course you have no obligation or responsibility to help me improve my understanding, but the fact you responded to a bunch of my comments shows you care. So if you care about changing minds, especially the mind of someone who is curious and ignorant, than engaging this way would have made my interaction with you more pleasant.
And it's in the spirit of the community guidelines.
> Part of me suspects psychology is your domain, and you may be an academic
Neither of these are true.
> or at least have some graduate experience.
I do, but not in psychology. My degrees are in engineering.
> I would have really appreciated it if you had said something like "while I dont take issue with the claim that competence increases with time
But I do take issue with that claim, at least if it's made in the broad way you are making it here. I responded to that in another subthread with you.
> "I looked at those graphs and they don't match what the DK paper claims
The DK paper was already linked to by someone (I don't think it was you) elsewhere in this thread, and in any case it's easy to find online. I was taking for granted that you would be able to look for yourself to see what is in the paper, graphs or otherwise.
I don't have a background in psychology or sociology (academically) but they are subjects that interest me.
I was introduced to DK by pop psychology, especially in business management contexts.
The reason I wanted you to comment on the viral graphs was because I was trying to triangulate our disagreement.
Turns out that there is a ton of misinformation about DK. Kind of ironic given the topic of this thread, but especially because it long predates LLMs. If anything it hints why LLMs are confidently incorrect, since the internet is full of it.
The reason why what I was saying is not self evident is because I was making a logic error, specifically ecological fallacy.
Also sort of ironic, I managed to get to the root of this using an LLM.
Part of me suspects psychology is your domain, and you may be an academic or at least have some graduate experience. The way you engaged with me is maybe the way you've been conditioned to act in these situations.
There's good reasons for why you responded the way you did. Part of me wants you to know that I would have really appreciated it if you had said something like "while I dont take issue with the claim that competence increases with time, it doesn't mean the DK relationship is time based, as there could other conflating factors." Also "I looked at those graphs and they don't match what the DK paper claims, that looks like pop psychogy and I can't confirm it has a scientific basis".
Or course you have no obligation or responsibility to help me improve my understanding, but the fact you responded to a bunch of my comments shows you care. So if you care about changing minds, especially the mind of someone who is curious and ignorant, than engaging this way would have made my interaction with you more pleasant.
And it's in the spirit of the community guidelines.