When peo­ple are incom­pe­tent in the strate­gies they adopt to achieve suc­cess and sat­is­fac­tion, they suf­fer a dual bur­den: Not only do they reach erro­neous con­clu­sions and make unfor­tu­nate choices, but their incom­pe­tence robs them of the abil­ity to real­ize it.

— from Errol Mor­ris’ series of arti­cles on the anosognosic’s dilemma