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To: wwjdn
This has got to be the most idiotic post of the year, and that's saying something. Get over yourself already. Why is is that the clueless don't realize their own cluelessness?*

The title of your thread makes this appear to be a business story. Instead, it's a moron's story.

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Incompetents don't know they are incompetent
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_400895.html
Ananova
A psychologist who has studied incompetent people says they are the least likely to realise how useless they are. He reckons the skills needed for competence are the same ones needed to recognise it. The findings may explain why people with a poor sense of humour insist on telling bad jokes. Dr David Dunning studied dozens of poor students, many of them confident in their abilities, before reaching his conclusions. Dunning's assistant, graduate student Justin Kruger, says: "Not only do incompetents reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the ability to realise it." The study is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Story filed: 15:53 Monday 17th September 2001

37 posted on 11/17/2001 6:23:10 PM PST by M. Thatcher
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To: M. Thatcher
the article you quoted is right on the mark

and, speaking of bad shipping addresses, the clueless, and incompetents, here's a funny similar story i ran across

41 posted on 11/17/2001 6:46:31 PM PST by AntiScumbag
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