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A comment on Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf] by cuckcuckspruce on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:19PM (#16126259)
I'm not claiming competence in anything. All I am doing is saying that when evaluating competence that you should test the thing you are looking for - competence - and not accept confidence as a substitute or proxy for competence.
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Re:Unskilled and Unaware of It (1999) [pdf] by mar77i on Thursday January 11, 2018 @01:34PM (#16126434)
The way I wanted to make it look was that those who thought they knew what they were talking about have no way of knowing on which side of the pond they were. :)

EDIT: ...because your tools are useless in the face of ignorance.

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