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  • April 25, 2018

The Best Explanation for the Tea Party I’ve Heard

June 21, 2010 By tedf 5 Comments

If you're like me, you hear the words coming out of the mouths of Tea Partiers, and you think, "you seem like a decent human being, so how on earth can you believe those things?" Of course, I don't want to tar all self-identified tea … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dunning-kruger-effect, obama, tea-party

Tim, Steve and Dunning-Kruger

March 19, 2010 By smalltownguy 1 Comment

So now we have two prominent Massachusetts politicians who have made strident criticisms of health reform at the most critical moment. One, Tim Cahill, has left the Democrats, the other, Steve Lynch, thinks the party and the country is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dunning-kruger-effect, health-care-reform

The Decade of Arrogance and Ignorance

December 31, 2009 By smalltownguy Leave a Comment

You may recall that the Dunning-Kruger Effect shows that whereas people who do things well tend to underestimate their performance, the inept have no idea how bad they are. Indeed incompetent people consistently over estimate their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2000-2009, dunning-kruger-effect, new-years-resolutions

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