Comments on: How to talk to complete idiots

By: Sinot

Sinot — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:56:30 +0000

Yes, sometimes you just can’t help second-guessing yourself when people are that confident.

By: AntiRoss

AntiRoss — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:42:55 +0000

The study simply implied that people who are the most competent get that way by constantly questioning whether what they are doing is at a high enough standard.
Those that are incompetent often believe that they are great at what they do. By not recognizing any flaws that they may have, they overestimate their own ability.
Often these same people achieve higher positions in their jobs simply because they display such confidence in their own abilities.

Obviously there’s a lot of variance – it’s not just clearly defined black and white areas.

By: Sinot

Sinot — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:52:44 +0000

Hi, AntiRoss, so you mean a person who thinks he/she is competent is actually incompetent and vice versa? This is pretty Zen. So someone claims himself/herself an atheist actually believes in God. :> Just joking.

I am a Christian and I actually believe in Jesus Christ Yes, I will still try..

Anonymous

By: AntiRoss

AntiRoss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:41:58 +0000

This article really rings true.
Reminds me of a study about ten years ago on competence vs incompetence, where competent people constantly questioned whether they were doing well enough, but the incompetent ones considered themselves as doing just peachy, no matter the facts.

Or kind of like 80% of people considering themselves of above average intelligence…

…still…you have to try…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 04:36:00 +0000

I want to try your question #1. Why won’t God heal Amputees?

Please let me know if you heard this before.
Case 1: God heal no one – you ask Q 1.
Case 2: God heal someone – you ask Q 2.
A lot of atraving people in the world, yes. But also a lot of well-fed (or too-well-fed) people at the same time.
Case 3: God heal everyone – you won’t ask this Q because it is natural then.

I think these cases pretty much cover all the possibilities. Happy to hear your case 4.

Cheers

By: Bruebista

Bruebista — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:18:41 +0000

“This Rule of Idiocy also explains why, when you show certain jumpy, conservative Americans the irrefutable facts about, say, skyrocketing health care costs that are draining their bank accounts, and then show how Obama’s rather modest overhaul is meant to save members of all ages and genders and party affiliations a significant amount of money”

The author has now offered himself to be sheep, a fool, uneduated and completly unaware that Obama does not have a plan but only one liners and vague assessments. Therfore all other anlysis is no longer credible.