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* the Dunning-Kruger effect is observable but not provable
* the Dunning-Kruger effect is observable but not provable
** i.e., it can happen but just because someone does not have competence does not mean that person will draw hasty, broad and wrong conclusions
** i.e., it can happen but just because someone does not have competence does not mean that person will draw hasty, broad and wrong conclusions
=== Entropy ===
* "entropy" is the 2nd Newtonian Law of physics that energy will move from high to low systems
** i.e., a something hot will transfer its heat to something colder
* in Social Sciences, entropy indicates that systems will tend to decline over time\
** related to ''Thucydides Trap'' and ''Stein's Law''


=== Hawthorne effect / Observation bias ===
=== Hawthorne effect / Observation bias ===