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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-20-10 03:04 AM
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12. Dunning–Kruger effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_eff...

or as Bertrand Russell put it: "In the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt."
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  -Christine O'Donnell is not a Scientist, a Lawyer, or Smarter than a 5th Grader vixengrl  Oct-19-10 10:14 PM   #0 
  - She's aggressively stupid and terribly ignorant.  TexasObserver   Oct-19-10 10:15 PM   #1 
  - I think it's what they call folksy  Johonny   Oct-19-10 10:38 PM   #4 
  - A lot of people are aggressively stupid and terrible ignorant.  XemaSab   Oct-20-10 03:47 AM   #14 
  - Dunning–Kruger effect  pokerfan   Oct-20-10 03:04 AM   #12 
  - I noticed that too  Ramulux   Oct-19-10 10:26 PM   #2 
  - Celebrating stupidity is what this this country is all about.  The_Casual_Observer   Oct-19-10 10:38 PM   #3 
  - There was a popular cable show called "Jackass" which  vixengrl   Oct-19-10 11:24 PM   #8 
  - K&R  BarryMeNot   Oct-19-10 11:07 PM   #5 
  - Muricans are damned proud  nadinbrzezinski   Oct-19-10 11:12 PM   #6 
  - this is the truth - this religious mindset is destroying the entire planet  RainDog   Oct-19-10 11:16 PM   #7 
  - I think the idea of "Armageddon" or some end point of history  vixengrl   Oct-19-10 11:55 PM   #9 
  - Yes. The Israeli-Palestine issue is another one that the religious right skews  RainDog   Oct-20-10 12:32 AM   #10 
  - Good post. You have cut right to the heart of our problem. nt  ladjf   Oct-20-10 04:54 AM   #15 
  - Lord loves an idjit  upi402   Oct-20-10 12:57 AM   #11 
  - Excellent post.  Caliman73   Oct-20-10 03:23 AM   #13 
  - GGAAAAAHHH! Just saw a Pat Toomey ad  vixengrl   Oct-20-10 06:04 AM   #16 
 

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