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1 posted on 12/07/2013 1:37:07 PM PST by EveningStar
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2 posted on 12/07/2013 1:40:07 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: EveningStar

My wife tells me everything that I need to know about myself. She is never wrong.


3 posted on 12/07/2013 1:42:37 PM PST by centurion316
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This certainly explains pResident Trayvon.
4 posted on 12/07/2013 1:44:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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I might add those who think they are smarter, never seem to shut up either...

Any topic, they have an opinion, even if it's an asinine one...

5 posted on 12/07/2013 1:45:02 PM PST by Popman
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I’m very proud of my humility.


6 posted on 12/07/2013 1:47:41 PM PST by Zeneta
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” those people who performed the worst were also the worst in estimating their own aptitude. In all three studies, those whose performance put them in the lowest quarter massively overestimated their own abilities by rating themselves as above average.”

Sadly I know of a few examples of this...


7 posted on 12/07/2013 1:48:05 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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The more you know, the more you realize how much you don’t know.

Unfortunately the public schools are teaching child that they are brilliant while filling their brains with mush.


8 posted on 12/07/2013 1:48:24 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (Government shut down? Call me when the government shuts UP!)
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Cr*p! This is just how I’ve been feeling lately, so unfortunate to see it confirmed.

I’m going back and look at the bad Xmas photos again.


9 posted on 12/07/2013 1:49:15 PM PST by jocon307
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To: EveningStar; humblegunner

Well, I always wondered what my problem was.

How’s this help someone like Humblegunner?


11 posted on 12/07/2013 1:50:42 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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I’ve noticed people who think they’re gorgeous usually aren’t, either.


12 posted on 12/07/2013 1:51:11 PM PST by Nea Wood (When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
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Similar finding was found in horseless carriage drivers.


14 posted on 12/07/2013 1:52:29 PM PST by Dysart (Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
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Those worst at it are the worst judges of all. ... Psychologists have shown that we are more likely to be blind to our own failings than perhaps we realise.

Keep in mind that this was written by psychologists who think they are really really smart.

17 posted on 12/07/2013 1:58:17 PM PST by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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That’s raciss.


18 posted on 12/07/2013 1:58:34 PM PST by 867V309 (Obama- he's just crazy enough to do it.)
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This explains resentment based ideologies like liberalism. If they overestimate their own abilities or contributions, then if they don’t achieve what they wanted, it was unfair and people need to make up the difference.


19 posted on 12/07/2013 2:02:32 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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This must apply to car drivers, also. I’ve never anyone who was not, in their own opinion, a ‘good’ and ‘cautious’ winter driver. Yet the number of accidents this past week during the blizzard conditions here, was incredible.


20 posted on 12/07/2013 2:05:21 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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This correlation was actually noted "a few years back," actually in King Solomon's time, as evidenced by Proverbs 26:12. Although I like the NIV translation better, here's KJV version.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. --Proverbs 26:12

21 posted on 12/07/2013 2:05:49 PM PST by Amendment10
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“Participants who were least able to judge what was funny (at least according to the professional comics) were also least able to accurately assess their own ability.”

I wonder if they would find a difference if they compared people from large families to a sample of people who were the only child. I learned as a kid that I have a weird sense of humor. My brothers and sisters would just stare at me while I laughed at my own jokes. Sarcasm makes me laugh (die hard films are a favorite), don’t laugh at the 3 stooges, too empathetic, and hate Seinfeld.


23 posted on 12/07/2013 2:08:39 PM PST by huldah1776
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This explains liberals hook, line and sinker. 99.999% of them I’ve ever talked to (and believe me I try my best to avoid it) are self-lionizing dumb-bags. I have a new idea when dealing with liberals. If they ask you for the time of day, tell them that it is always night. They wouldn’t recognize the sun, anyway, even if it was giving them sunburns.


25 posted on 12/07/2013 2:15:27 PM PST by PlastiqueDabble
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But does it work in reverse? The smarter your are the more inept you believe yourself to be?


29 posted on 12/07/2013 2:32:41 PM PST by eclecticEel ("The petty man forsakes what lies within his power and longs for what lies with Heaven." - Xunzi)
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I’m to stupid to realize how dumb I am.


33 posted on 12/07/2013 3:11:56 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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