This is quite true, because the more I learn, the more I realize that I know effectively nothing compared to what I thought I would by that point.
Expert. X is an unknown quantity, and spurt is a drip under pressure. er... Say it out loud.
That is part of the Dunning Kruger effect. This is a kind of way oversimplified graph that more or less describes the effect.
Everyone is somewhere on this graph, and it's different for every skill you have.
There is an error in this diagram. The expert height is not normally shown as high as the novice "Know Nothing" side. And this doesn't quite explain what Dunning and Kruger described but it's a kind of good layman's description. BTW most self proclaimed "experts", like the ones you see on the evening news are on the Peak of "MT. Stupid"
By the way, in SC you are somewhere in the part that says Slope of Enlightenment. I mean you can fly a ship into the side of a station, and you know you know it.