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The more inept you are the smarter you think you are
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| November 25, 2013
| Tom Stafford
Posted on 12/07/2013 1:37:07 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
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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)
To: EveningStar
My wife tells me everything that I need to know about myself. She is never wrong.
To: EveningStar
This certainly explains pResident Trayvon.
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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?)
To: EveningStar
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...
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:45:02 PM PST
by
Popman
To: EveningStar
I’m very proud of my humility.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:47:41 PM PST
by
Zeneta
To: EveningStar
” 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...
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:48:05 PM PST
by
Innovative
("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
To: EveningStar
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.
To: EveningStar
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.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:49:15 PM PST
by
jocon307
To: centurion316
LOL. The other side of that coin: My ex bf wanted to end our relationship, he said, “because you’re more intelligent than I am.”
“You’re right,” I said. He’s a lib
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:49:19 PM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: EveningStar; humblegunner
Well, I always wondered what my problem was.
How’s this help someone like Humblegunner?
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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)
To: EveningStar
I’ve noticed people who think they’re gorgeous usually aren’t, either.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:51:11 PM PST
by
Nea Wood
(When life gets too hard to stand, kneel.)
To: centurion316
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:51:13 PM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: EveningStar
Similar finding was found in horseless carriage drivers.
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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!")
To: Vendome
I know right. Next he’ll be lauding the intellect of the mods...
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:53:41 PM PST
by
Dysart
(Obamacare: "We are losing money on every subscriber-- but we will make it up in volume!")
To: Vendome
Hows this help someone like Humblegunner? It doesn't. Nothing does.
It's just something we all have to get used to and deal with.
To: EveningStar
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.
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:58:17 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/07/2013 1:58:34 PM PST
by
867V309
(Obama- he's just crazy enough to do it.)
To: EveningStar
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.
To: EveningStar
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.
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