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To: rightwingcrazy

Only humans are stupid enough to send radio signals into deep space:

“Here we are. Attack us at will. Eat us for food. Steal our resources. We are stupid and defenseless against your technology.”

Homo Sapiens has a severe case of Dunning Kruger:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect


11 posted on 05/05/2021 12:21:18 PM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: cgbg

Thanks; I learned something new.

The experimental results quoted in the Wikipedia article seem to suggest the most people want to think of themselves as more average than they are. Incompetent people judged themselves more competent, and competent people judged themselves less so. Blending in is a good survival strategy.


22 posted on 05/05/2021 12:30:51 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: cgbg
No worries. We're Made Of Meat
28 posted on 05/05/2021 12:36:39 PM PDT by Joe Brower ("Might we not live in a nobler dream than this?" -- John Ruskin)
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To: cgbg

Stupid? Yes. But I’ll bet we top them in meanness and belligerence. I wouldn’t count us out.


62 posted on 05/06/2021 12:08:19 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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