Posted on 03/04/2017 10:36:13 PM PST by Texas Fossil
Interesting concept and thought.
It ends on a bit of sarcasm. But you get the point.
Greatly illuminating
I love the Kruger-Dunning Effect. It fits Obama perfectly and many, many other Democrats as well.
I had never heard of it. Saw it applied to Erdogan (totally accurate). It was a simple step to apply it to Obama correctly too.
Do you remember when they were Best Buddies?
What can I say?
I thought it was. It was new to me.
the entire western elite is suffering from the Dunning-Krueger effect. In recent years they have lurched from one disaster to another, all the while telling each other and everyone else how sophisticated and brilliant they are.
Consider - internet bubble, 911 security lapses, invasion and occupation of Iraq, housing bubble, 2008 financial bailouts, withdrawl from Iraq and rise of ISIS, overthrow of Ghadaffi, arming ISIS in Syria, European refugee crisis, Eurodebt crisis, overthrow of Ukraine gov’t, Brexit, Trump election .... and on and on.
Every time there is a big terrorist attack, it comes to light that the perpetrators were well known to authorities but they were unable to act effectively.
And while all that happened, the “experts” were blindsided by the USSR collapse, peso crisis, Asia debt crisis, 911, financial crisis, Arab Spring, Crimea, ...
There is also a larger crisis of competence where things that were easily done 50 years ago like repairing dams, announcing the Oscars and signing up people for a new gov’t program seem to be increasing difficult - even with all the new technology.
note: I strongly support Brexit and Trump.
I meant to put those two items in with the surprises that the “experts” didn’t see coming
The devil is in the detail. Consequence of loss of perspective because machines try to run everything.
Cease to be human.
Have a great evening, I must sleep now. Good night.
This is a usual by-product of affirmative action. Minorities having lower intelligence and skills get pushed along based on skin color and, having reached higher levels, start to think they're there because of their own competence. It's the old "I'm standing on third base so I obviously hit a triple" scenario. Odumbo is a perfect example.
In other words “dumbing down the masses” leads to thesnowflake syndrome.
I think most of the snow flakes know the thaw is coming.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Well then you have me at a disadvantage. I had never heard of the term before yesterday. But I never worked in a field where it would have been important.
Thanks for the link.
Will study that.
I see in almost every human activity. But I am hyper sensitive to it. I have had a few employees that came with the job(s) I have taken over the years. I usually put them where they can do the least harm or manage their performance to the point they leave.
I think I first heard of the Kruger-Dunning here on FR, must have been when the first paper was published, probably about late 1999.
I apply the findings in everything I do and with everybody I work with. Especially management types..... Think the pointy haired boss from Dilbert.
I don’t know where you work, but race is irrelevant. All races have their idiots, and they suffer from the same flaws. Operational units are generally exempt from such individuals, but they are often diverted into management tracks where they then credit themselves for actual workers’ competence. As far as affirmative action, race is less a factor as you move into the executive level.
In many environments (specifically government, media, and academia), that level is constituted almost exclusively by the Peter Principle. Peters surround themselves with incompetent personnel, lest they be revealed as the idiots they are. The Kruger-Dunning Effect is multiplied across the board as the sycophants blow smoke up each others’ orifices.
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