Since he was oblivious to not being as good as he thought, he suffered consequences. When Chris went to Alaska he brought only a few supplies that would not allow him to survive in the Wild, “A year earlier he’d subsisted for more than a month beside the gulf of California on five pounds of rice and a bounty of fish caught with a cheap rod and reel, an experience that made him confident he could harvest enough food to survive an extended stay in the Alaska wilderness, too” (Krakauer, 1996, P.162). It has been found that “the more incompetent you are at something, the less likely you'll realize you're bad at it unless a professional points it out” (Klosowski, 2014, para. 6). This is an example of the DKE because he was incompetent on his journey. Chris thought he knew what he needed and that he would survive, but because of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Chris Died of starvation in the wild. If Chris could point out that he was not as good as he thought, he would have brought more food and supplies to gather food. This would allow him to live throughout his
Since he was oblivious to not being as good as he thought, he suffered consequences. When Chris went to Alaska he brought only a few supplies that would not allow him to survive in the Wild, “A year earlier he’d subsisted for more than a month beside the gulf of California on five pounds of rice and a bounty of fish caught with a cheap rod and reel, an experience that made him confident he could harvest enough food to survive an extended stay in the Alaska wilderness, too” (Krakauer, 1996, P.162). It has been found that “the more incompetent you are at something, the less likely you'll realize you're bad at it unless a professional points it out” (Klosowski, 2014, para. 6). This is an example of the DKE because he was incompetent on his journey. Chris thought he knew what he needed and that he would survive, but because of the Dunning-Kruger Effect, Chris Died of starvation in the wild. If Chris could point out that he was not as good as he thought, he would have brought more food and supplies to gather food. This would allow him to live throughout his