> The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real

Self-deception by any other name is still self-deception.

The Dunning-Kruger effect also applies to smart people. You don't stop when you are estimating your ability correctly. As you learn more, you gain more awareness of your ignorance and continue being conservative with your self-estimates.

But overall I think real intelligence by definition requires empathy and humility.

One has to realize that we can't know the things we don't know, which includes the fact that we can't always trust our own beliefs and opinions because we might be relying on faulty or incomplete information, or we might be suffering from a mental health problem, whether we are aware of it or not.

"As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding." -Sloman and Fernbach