Deeds of Arms and Other Matters Medieval and Otherwise
Thursday, November 06, 2014
The Dunning-Krugerrand Effect
This is a cognitive bias in which incompetent individuals overestimate their own competence, and so make excessive investments in a bright and shiny commodity metal, in the false belief that it is undervalued compared to other investments.
I’ve been involved in medieval recreation since 1975. I contributed to a manual for living history that later grew into the book Daily Life in Chaucer’s England, and have written and illustrated several articles on the medieval tournament.
This blog is mostly a platform for my other writing about the Middle Ages, and whatever else moves me: other history, movies, SF, space exploration, contemporary politics and economics. You can find my livejournal feed at Willscommonplac
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