The Dunning-Kruger Effect By Andrew Slothower

In school, I have a music teacher named Mr. Adams, and despite his shortcomings as a teacher, he teaches about something known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. This effect states that there is a perception of how good you are at a task, such as kayaking, and how good you realistically are at said task. The misalignment of those two points is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect. When paddling, this can become an issue when doing something like paddling when you and your crew are dependent on you being confident in yourself and others being confident in your own abilities. Overconfidence without skill can be dangerous, especially in unpredictable environments like whitewater, where mistakes can have real consequences. It has been an important thing for me to overcome, especially in a whitewater situation. Especially as a keener, where there are so many people who depend on you to save them and be able to save yourself.