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When a person has the sensation of all-knowing about a subject having gained only a small amount of information about it. Since most introductory courses touch over basics of the entire scope of the given topic, the person immediately feels as if he/she is an expert on it. In conversation however, it becomes clear that this person has absolutely no idea what he/she is talking about. The order of competence is as follows: 1) Ignorance is bliss: The person knows they have no idea about the subject and acts accordingly. 2) 101 Syndrome: Someone learns a little bit about it from one source or another and feels like they know everything about it. 3) Further education: You learn half the things you were taught were wrong and the other half oversimplified. 4) True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing: When you learn enough about anything, you realize no one has a clue how anything actually works.
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