The Man Who Thought Lemon Juice Made Him Invisible 🍋

1️⃣ In 1995, McArthur Wheeler rubbed lemon juice on his face, thinking it would make him invisible to security cameras (since lemon juice can be used as invisible ink). He then robbed a bank—fully visible. His confidence was so delusional that he couldn’t comprehend how cameras caught him.

🔹 This is Dunning-Kruger effect in action: people with low competence often overestimate their abilities because they don’t know what they don’t know.