An interesting study; Stupid people a loud and proud

[Willie99]

Chosen Excepts, so as to not dilute the message and exceed attention spans (mine too gets short around here)
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The most outspoken people “know the least but think they know the most,” according to science.
A new study shows that people with the most extreme opinions are usually the most uninformed on the subject.


Shocking no one who has ever been on the internet, they found that people who were more strongly against them were in direct opposition with documented scientific facts and expert opinions.
Researchers concluded that these people suffer from an “illusion of knowledge.” Though it was clear that their extreme opinions were cultivated from almost zero information, the subjects firmly believed that they knew the most.


Authors noted people in this clueless category believed their immense intelligence also covered household objects and complex social policies. When it comes to highly political matters like climate change, the study reported that “ideological commitments” dilute the power of this brand of artificial intelligence.


FILED UNDER PEW RESEARCH CENTER , STUDY SAYS , 1/17/19

 

[Willie99]

Behaviors That Make You Seem Stupid

The fewer of these you do, the more intelligent you'll appear.

• Sound cock-sure of yourself when you often turn out to be wrong. Consider your track record. Are you often enough right or at least defensible?

• Make black-and-white statements when gray is required. That's especially dangerous when you're not an expert. But even if you are, more often than not, nuance is required. For example, it's risky to say, "This is right." Safer: "While I've seen cases in which this is wrong, for example, X, usually it's right." Of course, there are times to be definitive. Just be sure the risk/reward ratio is good.

• Rambling utterances. Smart people are usually concise and when speaking for longer than a minute, make the structure of their utterance clear, and they don't ramble off-topic.

• Insisting you're correct in response to a more intelligent counter. In such situations, it's tempting to defend your position (and self-esteem) but your listener(s) may well think you're too stupid or stubborn to realize the other person's position is smarter.

• Insisting on following the rules with too few exceptions. Intelligent people weigh the risk/reward of breaking a rule on a case-by case basis and consider possible alternatives.

 

[Willie99]

One of my personal favorites, something I've often described without needing some author to cite

"people simply don't understand the nuances of the truth"

 

[Willie99]

And I can't leave off one very important behavior tendency / argumentative fallacy

"appeal to some higher authority"

In most cases around here, that "higher authority" is some biased author. People who can't make their case using their own words, ever, and make 100% of their arguments citing some article authored by someone else. Very different from using an author to help describe your positions.

If you can't defend your positions with your own knowledge base, then chances are you're talking too much about such topic.

 

[slapshot]

Spot on 99

 

[Bruins4Life]

"The loudest guy in the room is usually the weakest guy in the room." - Frank Lucas.

 

[Knightrofins]

Luckily nobody on this forum is like anyone described on there!!

 

[rolltide]

the lasting legacy of guys like mobdeeper and pedo-files who believe they are a google search away from being an infection disease expert, a constitutional attorney, or a financial analyst despite their 10th grade education and one summer job as a Wendy's fry cook

 

[PatsFanatic]

the lasting legacy of guys like mobdeeper and pedo-files who believe they are a google search away from being an infection disease expert, a constitutional attorney, or a financial analyst despite their 10th grade education and one summer job as a Wendy's fry cook

ain't that the truth

 

[PatsFan1283]

Well written and vague enough that pretty much everyone can read it and just pencil in the people they most despise as having those characteristics.

 

[StevieRay]

Lol. I see what u did here Willie

 

[Willie99]

the lasting legacy of guys like mobdeeper and pedo-files who believe they are a google search away from being an infection disease expert, a constitutional attorney, or a financial analyst despite their 10th grade education and one summer job as a Wendy's fry cook

Wait until they start giving you advice on the job market, then you'll really appreciate what we're dealing with

 

[StevieRay]

 

[arniesarmy]

coming from someone who fixes taxes for corporations. Is there a dirtier profession?

 

[rwjr]

Luckily nobody on this forum is like anyone described on there!!

:hahahahah

 

[rwjr]

the lasting legacy of guys like mobdeeper and pedo-files who believe they are a google search away from being an infection disease expert, a constitutional attorney, or a financial analyst despite their 10th grade education and one summer job as a Wendy's fry cook

:hahahahah

 

[rolltide]

coming from someone who fixes taxes for corporations. Is there a dirtier profession?

uh, what? filing taxes for small businesses that don't have the time or knowledge to keep up with American tax codes is a dirty profession?

Jersey Mike's still making you wear a hair net?

 

[Knightrofins]

uh, what? filing taxes for small businesses that don't have the time or knowledge to keep up with American tax codes is a dirty profession?

Jersey Mike's still making you wear a hair net?

Those subs are good!!

Havent been there in ages

 

[Willie99]

coming from someone who fixes taxes for corporations. Is there a dirtier profession?

uh, what? filing taxes for small businesses that don't have the time or knowledge to keep up with American tax codes is a dirty profession?

Jersey Mike's still making you wear a hair net?

I help people, all people, some of those people own businesses, some of those businesses are corporations.

I've never talked to a corporation, never shook a corporation's hand either, never looked one in the eye. Damn, I never even had a lunch with a corporation, and I love to eat.

 

[Willie99]

Those subs are good!!

Havent been there in ages

Never been, waiting for one to come to town