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by jeep 01/19/2006, 2:03pm PST |
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Some arguments about science over here, basically one guy "GhostOfPaley" tries to troll a thread about tetrapod evolution with some old research abstracts he cut-and-paste off the internet. Who stops by to bludgeon him but the scientist who did the research, and the parting gift GoP leaves with: an old research abstract that doubles as a brutal smackdown from some guy named KenL:
An interesting point to consider. Since GoP seems capable of reading citations and abstracts at least, maybe this will help him/her, too:
Kruger, J and Dunning D (1999), “Unskilled and Unaware of It: Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments”, Journal of Personality & Soc. Psych, Vol77#6, pp1121-1134.
Abstract: People tend to hold overly favorable views of their abilities in many social and intellectual domains. The authors suggest that this overestimation occurs, in part, because people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it. Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly overestimated their test performance and ability. Although their test scores put them in the 12th percentile, they extimated themselves to be in the 62nd. Several analyses linked this miscalibration to deficits in metacognitive skills, or the capacity to distinguish accuracy from error. Paradoxically, improving the skills of participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities.
Sadly, some folks seem to be fundamentally, philosophically opposed to increasing their metacognitive competence, dooming them to continued incompetence (and concomitant blissful ignorance thereof).
/jeep/ |
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