Posted on 05/25/2016 6:11:34 PM PDT by ghosthost
To sum it up, the knowledge and intelligence that are required to be good at a task are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at that task—and if one lacks such knowledge and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at that task. This includes political judgment.But as a psychologist who has studied human behavior—including voter behavior—for decades, I think there is something deeper going on. The problem isn’t that voters are too uninformed. It is that they don’t know just how uninformed they are.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Dunning-Kruger exists and many voters do have a cognitive bias. We saw it in 2008 with Obama voters. It may or may not be the reason Trump's most ardent supports love him. I'm not qualified to say one way or the other. I do know that anger is a significant factor in their motivations, which I can understand.
Obozo was elected due to the Dunning-Kruger effect
Every Demagogue gets elected due to Dunning-Kruger
The Democrats would not have a part without the operations of Dunning-Kruger
... and as this article makes obvious, Dunning himself is one of the most blatant examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect’s operation in liberals....
That fact that Dunning’s explanation of the Trump phenomenon is:
“They’re ALL stupid and simply don’t know it.”
Is proof that he’s suffering from his own effect.
He doesn’t get it, and he doesn’t know he doesn’t get it.
Oh the irony!
I wonder if committing felony national security crimes is a "serious gaffe" in David Dunning's special little world?
Or if one's husband jetting to PedoBear Island [Lolitaville] 20-odd times, sometimes WITHOUT the Secret Service detail, is a "serious gaffe"?
Whotta fracking blowhard this Dunning guy is!
But we all know why we despise Hillary Clinton. It’s that patriotism thing.
So, I wonder if the words in this article having to do with ignorance were replaced with the words anger and hatred would make people feel better?
In college, the most confused students, totally lacking in social skills, were those majoring in psychology. I would be loathe to take any interpersonal relationship advice from them.
Then it wouldn’t be the Dunning-Kruger effect.
My point being, people don’t like to be called ignorant, it makes them all sorts of indignant. People don’t seem to mind so much admitting to rage and hatred. Rage and hatred can lead to much the same behavior as is described in the article. I wonder if it’s all so very different.
“The problem isn’t that voters are too uninformed. It is that they don’t know just how uninformed they are.”
If anything, this applies more to people voting straight Dem ticket, including for Hillary, without thinking.
New group needed, Ph.D’s for Trump
:)
Thus far, David Dunning and his journalistic tribe seem unaware of their own desperate need for a President Trump. They love to hate Trump. It’s cathartic for them.
They crave an oral bowel movement. They’ve kept down too much for too long under Obama. Trump’s one hundred times better than their old Bush binky. One of these days their subconscious will let them in on their little secret.
This makes the liberal bigots.
Liking trump is not a choice!
Tea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public, tend to be Republican, white, male, and married.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/us/politics/15poll.html?_r=0
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