Are truly wise people wise enough to know that they have a great deal of wisdom? Or does their wisdom make them acutely aware of how little wisdom they really possess? Research by Uwe Redzanowski and Judith Glück of Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria, shows that there is zero correlation between self-assessments and peer ratings of wisdom, so those who think they’re wise are no more likely than anyone else to be judged as wise by their peers.

(Source: The Journals of Gerontology)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, July 21st, 2014

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