I finally read the original paper by Dunning and Kruger where they present the studies and discuss the implications. Dunning – Kruger effect is a bit more known now due to the behavior of the newly-elected upper management of this country, though this paper made it into my “to-read” pile way back in 2015.
The general description is pretty intuitive – someone who is incompetent at something is usually unable to recognize their own incompetence. However, the paper is full of various goodies…