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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by awarer on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:00PM (#14174107)
"The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell
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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by mpweiher on Saturday April 22, 2017 @04:05PM (#14174454)
That and our psychological quirk the we mistake self-confidence for competence. The two together make a pretty combustible mixture and explain a lot, IMHO.
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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by nebabyte on Saturday April 22, 2017 @05:29PM (#14174920)
Or, in graph form: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2177
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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by UltimateFloofy on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:32PM (#14174295)
Ah, Dunning-Kruger at scale; summing up populism as a startup.
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