The Briefing Room
General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: Machiavelli on September 15, 2014, 07:32:48 pm
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Tom Stafford
BBC
November 25, 2013
Psychologists have shown humans are poor judges of their own abilities, from sense of humour to grammar. Those worst at it are the worst judges of all.
You're pretty smart right? Clever, and funny too. Of course you are, just like me. But wouldn't it be terrible if we were mistaken? Psychologists have shown that we are more likely to be blind to our own failings than perhaps we realise. This could explain why some incompetent people are so annoying, and also inject a healthy dose of humility into our own sense of self-regard.
More (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131125-why-the-stupid-say-theyre-smart)