The Dunning-Krueger effect is the phenomenon in which people of low intelligence don’t realize how much they don’t know, and thus, tend to think that they’re much smarter than they actually are.

You may have noticed a lot of this sort of thing on social media over the past year, as your friends and family members transformed into experts on communicable diseases during the Covid crisis.

Thankfully, your aunt Karen has 43 Facebook friends, so she can only do so much damage with her bonkers conspiracy theories.

Jenelle Evans, on the other hand, has millions of followers, so when she ignorantly spreads misinformation it can be quite dangerous.

For much of the past week, Jenelle has been whining about being…



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