How competent are we? Are they? Are any of us? Do we want to know?
Research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we tend to overestimate our own abilities. Psychologists call this phenomena – the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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Further Readings And References @ Sparkonit, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Pacific Standard
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Sometimes I think that the less I say to or about incompetency, the better off I am…. No need to antagonize the hopeless… sometimes they do take umbrage.. and reply “Oh, you think you are so smart.””””
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Yeah…..
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I’m very proficient at computer technology but I couldn’t figure out how to start the video.
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usually, you just click the arrow in the middle of the frame. Didn’t it show up properly? You can always go to their original site.
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If I don’t trust myself, who can I blame?
Leslie
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Yourself. Of course.
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I prefer it that way..
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Very tidy. I blame me for not trusting me. You never have to leave the house that way 🙂
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chuckle…I like that too…
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Sadly, I’ve run into this as well…uuum it’s my body I know what it does on a day to day basis… I know what it can handle and yet…you think you know better! hmmm. Nope! There are many clueless ppl in the world that think they know all.
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Yes, too many. They make our lives very difficult.
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Yes, infinitely so.
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Blimey! What a lot this explains!
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The Science Guys are not overly fond of his Orangeness. I can’t IMAGINE why not!
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I’m also thinking if so many people think they are efficient and capable when they’re not, then this explains all the bonkers interchanges one has with people who think they are providing services – when they’re not 🙂
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It probably does. They seem so SURE they know what they are talking about … and they obviously are completely CLUELESS. Maybe all those absurd tech support calls really CAN be ascribed to incompetence and stupidity. I’m not sure if that makes me feel better.
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No, I have a sense of mounting alarm…
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At 1:42, they may well be describing our president….
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And somehow, I’m totally sure that was NOT an accident!
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