making a total mess of something due to your inability to realise you simply cant do it.

an effect that is exactly the same as the Dunning Kruger effect except the sufferer refuses to accept their illness.
(the Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias wherein people of low ability suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their cognitive ability as greater than it is.)
ive explained to laura a dozen times she only thinks she is capable of doing these tasks due to the dunning kruger effect but she carried on making a mess of everything simply due to the strimmer effect.
by Citz November 25, 2017
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