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[RocketScott]

There are some interesting papers on human behavior around this topic

The illusion of explanatory depth is one concept that runs through many of the examples Rawze posted. People believe they know exactly how something works, right up to the point when they need to actually explain it in detail

2017 : WHAT SCIENTIFIC TERM OR CONCEPT OUGHT TO BE MORE WIDELY KNOWN?

Quote:If you asked one hundred people on the street if they understand how a refrigerator works, most would respond, yes, they do. But ask them to then produce a detailed, step-by-step explanation of how exactly a refrigerator works and you would likely hear silence or stammering. This powerful but inaccurate feeling of knowing is what Leonid Rozenblit and Frank Keil in 2002 termed, the illusion of explanatory depth (IOED), stating, “Most people feel they understand the world with far greater detail, coherence, and depth than they really do.”

The Dunning-Kruger effect goes further by showing that not only do most people not know what they don't know, but the more they don't know the more they think they know