Maybe the problem is that DK isn't about individuals, but about topics? I.e. perhaps everyone exhibits the phenomenon about topics they are most ignorant about.

(and I am ignorant about DK, so...)

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PeterHolzwarth an hour ago | parent | next [-]

No, I think it's about people - about us. About you, me, all of us.

	▲	card_zero an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"about all of us when it comes to things we are not very competent at", according to the article.

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boxed an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

That was always what the DK effect was about.