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The Death of Expertise

Sept. 9, 2015, 10:54 a.m.
rewoga
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Great article: http://thefederalist.com/2014/01/17/the-death-of-expertise/#.VfBbwI-dyos.facebook

My favorite paragraph:

The confidence of the dumb

There’s also that immutable problem known as “human nature.” It has a name now: it’s called the Dunning-Kruger effect, which says, in sum, that the dumber you are, the more confident you are that you’re not actually dumb. And when you get invested in being aggressively dumb well, the last thing you want to encounter are experts who disagree with you, and so you dismiss them in order to maintain your unreasonably high opinion of yourself. (There’s a lot of that loose on social media, especially.)

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Sept. 9, 2015, 12:14 p.m.
syncro
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KenN beat you to it a while back iirc, but thanks for bringing it to light again.

We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
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Sept. 9, 2015, 4:02 p.m.
Jonathan
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To quote Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes; "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous.

Sept. 9, 2015, 6:46 p.m.
rewoga
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KenN beat you to it a while back iirc, but thanks for bringing it to light again.

I obviously need to work on my forum searching skills…couldn't find a thread on this.

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Sept. 9, 2015, 6:52 p.m.
three-sheets
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Shit….I thought I was really,really good at what I do.

….now Im afraid Im just really really dumb.

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Sept. 9, 2015, 7:15 p.m.
Ninja
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Shit….I thought I was really,really good at what I do.

….now Im afraid Im just really really dumb.

:duh:

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Sept. 9, 2015, 8:17 p.m.
syncro
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Shit….I thought I was really,really good at what I do.

….now Im afraid Im just really really dumb.

no, don't worry about it.

you're really really good at being really really dumb, probably better than anyone i've ever met - even partbreaker.

We don't know what our limits are, so to start something with the idea of being limited actually ends up limiting us.
Ellen Langer

Sept. 9, 2015, 8:24 p.m.
three-sheets
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no, don't worry about it.

you're really really good at being really really dumb, probably better than anyone i've ever met - even partbreaker.

Taking it big,just for you Splinky.:drool:

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Sept. 9, 2015, 8:53 p.m.
switch
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To quote Calvin in Calvin and Hobbes; "Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous.

Good point.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells

Sept. 9, 2015, 9:22 p.m.
Fast-Orange
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I'm convinced that I'm dumb, or crazy, or both. That and my stance on various things seems to be cyclical. Basically I'm a total mess.

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Sept. 9, 2015, 9:55 p.m.
switch
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It's called aging.

It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells

Sept. 9, 2015, 9:58 p.m.
three-sheets
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It's called aging.

SHAKES CANE

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Sept. 9, 2015, 11:02 p.m.
patrolskid
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i've come across people who can legit bitch about the most mundane things , which makes me wonder if they are way way smarter than me , or maybe i'm too dumb to know or care about those things , or maybe they just have enough time and imagination to bitch about things i haven't thought about yet .

i don't spend too much time worrying about it . . .

Sept. 9, 2015, 11:09 p.m.
ReductiMat
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After Dunning-Kruger, read Kahneman and Tversky.

All the decisions we make are rife with error.

Sept. 10, 2015, 11:24 a.m.
jpi
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It's risky having an opinion these days

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