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There's pretty clearly some corollary of the Dunning-Kruger effect that applies to annoying, irritating, or otherwise unpleasant people.

(Obviously some of the people in those categories are consciously being jerks. On the other hand, there's no reason to think the effect has an exception for social skills.)

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[browngirl.livejournal.com]

*nod* Some of th most clueless people I've known have gone on and on about how good they are at understanding others… which is a good thing for me to remember as I work at not joining their number.

[r-ness.livejournal.com]

Some of th most clueless people I've known have gone on and on about how good they are at understanding others…

That was the characteristic that made me think of this in the first place, in fact!

which is a good thing for me to remember as I work at not joining their number.

You're thinking about that, which is a good sign. :)