Website review: Damn Interesting & Unskilled and U...
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•44 reviews since Mar 25, 2006
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tapyourheels rated 2 months ago- From the page: "This tendency of the average person to believe he or she is better-than-average is known as the 'above-average effect,' and it flies in the face of logic... by definition, descriptive statistics says that it is impossible absurdly improbable for a majority of people to be above average. It follows, therefore, that a large number of the self-described 'above average' individuals are in fact below average in those areas, and they are simply unaware of their incompetence."
- imorgen rated 3 months ago
- What's with this superfluous prefix fetish so many 'bloggers' have? Go back to English class.
- wilbau rated 4 months ago
- From the page: "A large number of the self-described "above average" individuals are in fact below average in those areas, and they are simply unaware of their incompetence."
- Thanuir rated 7 months ago
- Basic stuff, but reading about the experiment methodology is interesting.
- Scientia rated 10 months ago
- A priori, this does not apply to subscribers of SU. However, I may not be competent to make this assessment.
From the page: "The British philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote that "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." This is true whether one interprets "stupid" as foolish (short on smarts) or as ignorant (short on information). Deliberately or otherwise, his sentiment echoes that of Charles Darwin, who over one hundred years ago pointed out that "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." The Internet is a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of such misplaced confidence. Online, individuals often speak with confident authority on a subject, yet their conclusions are flawed. It is likely that such individuals are completely ignorant of their ignorance. " - A priori, this does not apply to subscribers of SU. However, I may not be competent to make this assessment.
- Isadore rated 10 months ago
From the page: "The British philosopher Bertrand Russell once wrote that "the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt." This is true whether one interprets "stupid" as foolish (short on smarts) or as ignorant (short on information). Deliberately or otherwise, his sentiment echoes that of Charles Darwin, who over one hundred years ago pointed out that "ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.""
- booforyou rated 16 months ago
- I think this means I'm smarter than I think I am. God, I hope so.
- aliastriona rated 21 months ago
- From the page: "Clearly a large number of the self-described "above average" individuals are actually below average in those areas, and they are simply unaware of their incompetence."
- infinite8horizon rated 21 months ago
- I think this is a really interesting article, but what would I know :-)
